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pet peeve

癖好,讨厌的事,讨厌的人,讨厌的事情

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear: This train service is one of my pet peeves.

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Examples

  • Also, not forcing a return and the seconds it requires in these situations is a big pet peeve of mine and is NEVER mentioned on the telecast.

  • Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.

  • Then I was the December Penthouse Pet, which is a huge honor.

  • This season is all about monitoring posture, scrutinizing sun exposure, even exploring the health of a pet.

  • When POTUS asked Malia if she wanted to pet the turkey before he granted its reprieve, she responded appropriately: “Nah.”

  • As he describes why he plans to spend the rest of his days in Kisangani, a pet parrot gnaws on his Rolex.

  • When he gets quite large the boy will get tired of having him for a pet, and perhaps bring him back.

  • Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.

  • The boy lifted up his pet, and put him back in the pen that had been especially built for the little pig.

  • After a little while Yung Pak got used to these "monkey shines," and he knew that his pet would not stay away long after mealtime.

  • You can see that it is five o'clock, because Big God Nqong's pet tame clock says so.