pester
英 [ˈpestə(r)]
美 [ˈpestər]
v. 打扰; 纠缠; 烦扰
现在分词：pestering 过去分词：pestered 过去式：pestered 第三人称单数：pesters
Collins.1 / BNC.14732 / COCA.17263
同义词辨析
provokeangerannoybadgerbotherdisturbhoundirritatepester【导航词义：使生气，烦扰】
provokev. 激怒，使恼火
〔辨析〕
尤指故意激怒某人，含有挑衅之意。
〔例证〕
He would not have scolded you if he hadn't been provoked.
如果不是被惹恼了，他是不会责骂你的。
Paul insisted that he was provoked into fighting.
保罗坚持说他是因为被激怒才打架的。
如果不是被惹恼了，他是不会责骂你的。
Paul insisted that he was provoked into fighting.
保罗坚持说他是因为被激怒才打架的。
angerv. 使生气，激怒
〔辨析〕
指激怒某人，其程度通常高于 annoy。
〔例证〕
What angered her most was his total lack of apology.
最让她生气的是他居然一句道歉的话都没有。
The teacher was angered by his lies.
老师对他的谎话感到愤怒。
最让她生气的是他居然一句道歉的话都没有。
The teacher was angered by his lies.
老师对他的谎话感到愤怒。
annoyv. 使烦恼，使生气
〔辨析〕
普通用词，程度较轻，强调不断地烦扰，尤指以重复性的行为让人心烦或恼火。
〔例证〕
We were annoyed by mosquitoes.
蚊子真让我们恼火。
His words annoyed me.
他的话惹恼了我。
She was annoyed by his repeated questions.
他翻来覆去的发问让她非常生气。
蚊子真让我们恼火。
His words annoyed me.
他的话惹恼了我。
She was annoyed by his repeated questions.
他翻来覆去的发问让她非常生气。
badgerv. 纠缠，烦扰
〔辨析〕
强调没完没了的发问、噪音等惹人生气。
〔例证〕
Don't badger me with your silly questions.
请不要问些傻问题来烦我。
I was badgered with sirens.
汽笛声让我心烦意乱。
请不要问些傻问题来烦我。
I was badgered with sirens.
汽笛声让我心烦意乱。
botherv. 打扰，打搅
〔辨析〕
主要侧重于动作、客观事物对人的搅扰，而不强调人的心理及思维方面。
〔例证〕
She is very busy; please don't bother her.
她很忙，请不要打扰她。
I'm sorry to bother you, can you tell me the way to the station?
对不起打扰你一下，到火车站怎么走？
她很忙，请不要打扰她。
I'm sorry to bother you, can you tell me the way to the station?
对不起打扰你一下，到火车站怎么走？
disturbv. 妨碍，干扰，打扰
〔辨析〕
常指打断他人的睡眠、工作等，语气较强。
〔例证〕
The noise outside disturbed my sleep.
外面的嘈杂声让我睡不好觉。
Do not disturb.
请勿打扰。
外面的嘈杂声让我睡不好觉。
Do not disturb.
请勿打扰。
houndv. 烦扰，骚扰
〔辨析〕
尤指为获得某种东西（如信息、隐情等）而不停地追着骚扰某人。
〔例证〕
The reporters wouldn't stop hounding him.
记者们不停地烦扰他。
记者们不停地烦扰他。
irritatev. 激怒，使烦躁
〔辨析〕
指因重复或长时间做某事而使人不快。
〔例证〕
It really irritates me when he gets up at noon at weekends.
他周末总是中午才起床，真让我恼火。
他周末总是中午才起床，真让我恼火。
pesterv. 不断烦扰，纠缠
〔辨析〕
尤指不断地要求某人做某事，强调纠缠至其难以忍受的地步。
〔例证〕
Journalists pestered him for information.
记者缠着他打听消息。
He was pestered with complaints from his wife.
妻子没完没了的抱怨真让他烦恼不已。
记者缠着他打听消息。
He was pestered with complaints from his wife.
妻子没完没了的抱怨真让他烦恼不已。
牛津词典
verb
- 打扰；纠缠；烦扰
to annoy sb, especially by asking them sth many times- Journalists pestered neighbours for information.
记者缠着邻居打听消息。 - He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week.
他打电话骚扰她有一个多星期了。 - The horses were continually pestered by flies.
马不断地被苍蝇叮咬。 - The kids kept pestering me to read to them.
娃娃们老缠着我给他们读故事书。
- Journalists pestered neighbours for information.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 不断打扰；纠缠；烦扰
If you say that someoneis pesteringyou, you mean that they keep asking you to do something, or keep talking to you, and you find this annoying.- I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse...
我原以为她会停止纠缠我，但结果她似乎是变本加厉了。 - I know he gets fed up with people pestering him for money.
我知道他烦透了那些缠着他要钱的人。 - ...that creep who's been pestering you to go out with him.
那个一直缠着要约你出去的讨厌家伙
- I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse...
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- The Big Girl chooses to pester me with her pleas to get her ear pierced just before school, just before bed, or when I'm rifling in the refrigerator with a wolfish look.
可我的大闺女总选择在上学前一刻、睡前或我正当带着豺狼般贪婪的面目洗劫冰箱时来纠缠我，恳求我允许她穿耳洞。 - On the whole the U.S. will not pester India about its nuclear policy until 2014.
综合而言，一直到2014年，美国都不会过问印度的核能政策。 - His firm operates through a network of locals who knock on doors and pester their acquaintances to buy lipstick and shampoo.
公司的销售人员上门推销，缠着遇见的人买他们的口红和洗发水。 - Yeah, and the natives would hound and pester you to death.
对，那些当地人会纠缠你，烦死你。 - He told her not to pester him with trifle.
他告诉她不要拿琐事烦他。 - She tried to shake him off but he continue to pester her.
她想甩开他，但他仍不断缠着她。 - It was a complete waste of time, unless the goal in life was simply to pester the user for some input.
刚才的时间就完全浪费了，除非那个唯一的目的，是简单地纠缠用户索要一些输入。 - When you smile to yourself, the world did not bother to pester you;
当你对自己微笑时，世上没烦事能纠缠你； - When evil zombies pester the streets and break into your house.
当邪恶的僵尸闯入了你的家园你该怎么办？ - Don't worry, I'll see to it that he doesn't pester you again.
不用担心，我保证不会让他再来纠缠你。