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pesky adj.
⇨ annoyingannoying adjective annoying ♦︎ irritating ♦︎ frustrating ♦︎ tiresome ♦︎ infuriating ♦︎ maddening ♦︎ galling ♦︎ trying ♦︎ peskyThese words all describe sb/sth that makes you feel angry or annoyed. 这些词均表示让人烦恼的、令人恼怒的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆annoying / irritating / frustrating / tiresome / infuriating / galling / trying for sb◆an annoying / an irritating / a tiresome / an infuriating / a pesky man◆an annoying / an irritating / a tiresome / an infuriating / a maddening habit◆to find sb / sth annoying / irritating / frustrating / tiresome / infuriating / galling◆very annoying / irritating / frustrating / tiresome / galling / trying◆absolutely infuriating / maddening■ annoying making you feel slightly angry or annoyed 使人烦恼的；使人不快的◆I find her very annoying.我觉得她特烦人。◆The annoying thing was that I only had myself to blame.让人恼火的是，我只能怨自己。 see also annoyance ⇨ frustration ▸ annoyingly adverb ◆Annoyingly, I'd left my wallet at home.我把钱包落在家里了，真烦人。■ irritating annoying 使人烦恼的；使人不快的◆The way she stares at me is extremely irritating.她盯着我看的样子真让人恼火。◆His most irritating habit was eating with his mouth open.他最让人讨厌的习惯是张着嘴吃东西。 see also irritable ⇨ irritable , irritation ⇨ frustration ▸ irritatingly adverb ◆He was irritatingly quiet all day.他整天一声不吭，真讨厌。NOTE 辨析 Annoying or irritating?You can usually use either word, although annoying is more frequent, especially in spoken English. It is usually other people or their habits that are irritating; annoying can also describe facts and situations that make you feel annoyed. 这两个词通常可通用，但annoying较常用，尤其在口语中。irritating通常指他人或他人的习惯让人讨厌，annoying还可指事实或状况令人厌烦。■ frustrating making you feel annoyed and impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you want （因不能做到或得到）令人懊恼的，令人沮丧的◆It's frustrating to have to wait so long.要等这么长时间，真令人沮丧。◆The frustrating thing is, they probably won't even be in when we get there.令人懊恼的是，我们到达时他们很可能根本不在。ⓘ Facts and situations are frustrating, but not people or their habits. * frustrating描述的对象可以是事实或状况，但不可以是人或习惯◆a frustrating man/habit see also frustrated ⇨ unhappy 2 , frustration ⇨ frustration ▸ frustratingly adverb ◆Progress was frustratingly slow.进展慢得教人沮丧。■ tiresome (especially written) making you feel annoyed or bored 讨厌的；令人厌烦的◆The children were being very tiresome.这些孩子真讨人嫌。◆Buying a house can be a tiresome business.买房子会是件很麻烦的事。■ infuriating / /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪtɪŋ; NAmE ɪnˈfjʊrieɪtɪŋ/ making you feel very angry 使人极为生气的◆an infuriating child / delay令人极为生气的孩子；让人恼怒的延误◆It is infuriating trying to talk to someone who just looks out of the window.和眼睛只看着窗外的人讲话很让人窝火。 see also infuriate ⇨ anger verb ▸ infuriatingly adverb ◆He just smiled infuriatingly.他只是令人恼火地笑了笑。◆Infuriatingly, the shop had just closed.真让人生气，商店刚刚关门。■ maddening making you very angry or crazy 令人非常生气的；令人发狂的◆He found her behaviour maddening.他觉得她的举止让人受不了。 see also mad ⇨ angry adj. ▸ maddeningly adverb ◆Progress is maddeningly slow.进展之慢，简直令人发疯。■ galling /ˈgɔːlɪŋ/ / making you angry because it is unfair （因有失公平）令人恼怒的◆It was galling to have to do it all over again.必须重新再来一遍，真是令人恼火。■ trying annoying or difficult to deal with 令人厌烦的；难对付的◆She can be very trying.她有时很招人烦。◆These are trying times for all of us.对我们所有人来说，这是最难熬的时期。■ pesky [only before noun] (especially NAmE, informal) annoying 使人烦恼的；使人不快的◆those pesky insects / kids那些讨厌的昆虫／孩子◆I can't go out tonight－I've got that pesky interview tomorrow.我今晚不能出去－明天得去那场讨厌的面试。 |