【常用新聞英文語彙】pester 的6種用法


pester (vt)

1.糾纏
The phone company gave us the best service in the world and didn’t pester us all the time. 
這家電話公司給我們世界最好的服務,而且沒有一直糾纏我們。
She pestered me with questions. 
她問問題糾纏我。

2.打擾
I’m sure they’ll be pestering some of my teammates a bit. 
我相信他們會經常打擾我的一些隊友。

3.纏著(不放)
They are making waves in the $476 billion restaurant industry, pestering such fast-food giants as McDonald’s and Taco Bell. 
他們在產值四千七百六十億的餐飲業興風作浪,纏著麥當勞和Taco Bell等速食大廠不放。
Kids pester visitors for sweets or pens. 
小朋友纏著觀光客要糖或筆。
I don’t like him pestering me. 我不喜歡他纏我。

4.吵
Eavesdrop on a supermarket conversation and you might hear children pestering their parents for Spaghetti. 
你只要偷聽一下超市對話就可能聽到小孩吵著父母要意大利麵。

5.不斷要求
They were pestering the management to make good on the subcontractor’s debt. 
他們不斷要求資方代償下游包商的債務。

6.困擾
Last season, he was pestered by a recurrence of an ailment he battled in 2005. 
去年球季,他因為在二零零五年對抗過的舊疾復發而備受困擾。

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