pester
发音
英 [ˈpestə(r)]
美 [ˈpestər]
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- vt.
- 使烦恼
- 使为难
- 纠缠
单词词源
pester 打扰,纠缠
可能来自pest,害虫,害鸟,-er,表反复。引申词义打扰,纠缠。
双语例句
- 1. It is painful to acknowledge , but marketers were right all along : pester power works .
- 要承认这点是很痛苦的,但是孩子总是占理:纠缠是能起作用的。
- 2. Marla wouldn 't pester daddy , because he was so sensitive and might have started to cry .
- 玛拉是不会就这个问题去纠缠她爸爸的,因为他是那样的敏感,有可能会开始对她大吼大叫的。
- 3. His firm operates through a network of locals who knock on doors and pester their acquaintances to buy lipstick and shampoo .
- 他的公司通过当地人的关系网络运营,这些人敲开熟人的门,然后纠缠熟人来购买他们的唇膏和洗发水。
- 4. There are e-mails to answer , virtual friends to pester , youtube videos to watch and , back in the physical world , meetings to attend , papers to shuffle and spouses to appease .
- 在虚拟世界,总有邮件要回复,有朋友来纠缠,有youtube视频要观看;而在现实世界,总有会议要出席,有文件要移动,有伴侣要安抚。
- 5. While my mother prepared dinner each night , my brothers and I would pester her .
- 每天晚上妈妈做饭的时候,我和哥哥都会缠着她问,