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pestered

/pes-ter/US // ˈpɛs tər //UK // (ˈpɛstə) //

被纠缠的,被纠缠,被纠缠的人,被纠缠过的人

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
    • : Obsolete. to overcrowd.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbother, harass

Examples

  • About two years ago, a woman claimed to be pestered by a spirit throughout the night.

  • I quit my fancy art-gallery job, threw myself into a wide variety of classes, and pestered Cory until he offered me a job.

  • The jazz fan who pestered him for narcotics turned out to be a federal agent.

  • When I was a kid, I pestered old people with questions about what life had been like in old times.

  • When the paparazzo pestered him again, asking, “So he could do without the Grammys?”

  • He pestered yo' pap to let him do it fer ye, an' anything Jack Hale wants from yo' pap, he gits.

  • For six years he was pestered with lawsuits for separation, till a divorce was finally procured.

  • "Go lang away wid yu white man, I aint agwine to be pestered," he continued.

  • He was constantly in and out of her room, he felt her pulse and pestered Don Rufo with questions.

  • Byron was pestered by appeals from Allegras mother, indirectly on her own behalf, and directly on behalf of the child.