badgered

英 [ˈbædʒəd]

美 [ˈbædʒərd]

v.  纠缠，烦扰(反复提出问题或要求)
badger的过去式

柯林斯词典

• 獾
  Abadgeris a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
• VERB 纠缠；烦扰；对…软磨硬泡
  If youbadgersomeone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
  1. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something...
     她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
  2. They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...
     他们不停地给我打电话、写信，软磨硬泡要我回去。
  3. Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
     理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子，终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。

双语例句

• He constantly badgered his associates to press a public relations campaign that would call more attention to the China visit.
  他不断督促助手们展开宣传运动，引起人们对中国之行的更大注意。
• After years of being badgered by her parents to get married, 26-year-old Zhang Yu finally had enough.
  在被父母逼婚了几年以后，26岁的张玉（音译）终于不想再忍受了。
• She badgered her boyfriend into taking up regular exercise.
  她缠着男友陪她做定期体育锻炼。
• He badgered the witness out of his wits.
  他把证人困恼得不知所措。
• She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something
  她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
• A belligerent reporter badgered the President for the facts.
  一名好寻衅的记者就一些事实纠缠总统。
• As soon as I got hack, they all badgered me with questions.
  我一回来，他们就对我问个不停。
• She is a fairly good worker, but she needs prodding occasionally. He constantly badgered his associates to press a public relations campaign that would call more attention to the China visit.
  她干起活来倒是相当不错，不过有时需要加以督促.他不断督促助手们展开宣传运动，引起人们对中国之行的更大注意。
• Badgered by publicity about his "reclusive" chief executive, the chief of staff decides to book the president on the season finale of "American Dreamz" to show what a great guy he is.
  迫于公众对关于总统的隐蔽掌政的穷追猛问，总管决定让总统出席当季“美国梦”的总决赛，让公众看到他伟大的一面。
• The mill foreman taunted the workers, badgered them, and told them that they dared not quit.
  厂里的工头辱骂工人们，折磨他们，并吩咐他们不许离开。