pester
verb /ˈpestə(r)/
/ˈpestər/
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they pester | /ˈpestə(r)/ /ˈpestər/ |
| he / she / it pesters | /ˈpestəz/ /ˈpestərz/ |
| past simple pestered | /ˈpestəd/ /ˈpestərd/ |
| past participle pestered | /ˈpestəd/ /ˈpestərd/ |
| -ing form pestering | /ˈpestərɪŋ/ /ˈpestərɪŋ/ |
- to annoy somebody, especially by asking them something many times
打扰；纠缠；烦扰 - pester somebody for something Journalists pestered neighbours for information.
记者缠着邻居打听消息。 - pester somebody with something 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。 - pester somebody/something The horses were continually pestered by flies.
马不断地被苍蝇叮咬。 - pester (somebody to do something) The kids kept pestering me to read to them.
孩子们老缠着我给他们读故事书。
- They kept pestering him for his autograph.
他们一直缠着他要他的签名。 - I knew he would keep pestering until he got an answer.
我知道他会一直缠着，直到得到答案。 - She would pester him until she got exactly what she wanted.
她会缠着他，直到得到她想要的东西。 - Stop pestering!
别烦人了！ - The kids kept pestering me to buy them ice creams.
孩子们老缠着我给他们买冰淇淋。
词源mid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘overcrowd (a place)’ and ‘impede (a person)’): from French empestrer ‘encumber’, influenced by pest. The current sense is an extension of an earlier use, ‘infest’, referring to vermin. - pester somebody for something Journalists pestered neighbours for information.