badgered

英 [ˈbædʒəd]

美 [ˈbædʒərd]

v.  纠缠，烦扰(反复提出问题或要求)
badger的过去式

柯林斯词典

• 獾
  Abadgeris a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
• VERB 纠缠；烦扰；对…软磨硬泡
  If youbadgersomeone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
  1. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something...
     她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
  2. They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...
     他们不停地给我打电话、写信，软磨硬泡要我回去。
  3. Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
     理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子，终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。

双语例句

• She badgered her boyfriend into taking up regular exercise.
  她缠着男友陪她做定期体育锻炼。
• At home that evening, my eight-year-old daughter badgered me for money.
  当晚回到家中，我那八岁的女儿吵着向我要钱。
• I badgered him into coming with me.
  我闹得他终于跟我同行。
• She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something
  她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
• Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
  理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子，终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。
• My twelve-year-old son badgered us for a parrot over a year.
  一年多以来，我十二岁大的儿子一直缠着家里，要求给他买一只鹦鹉。
• As soon as I got hack, they all badgered me with questions.
  我一回来，他们就对我问个不停。
• The mill foreman taunted the workers, badgered them, and told them that they dared not quit.
  厂里的工头辱骂工人们，折磨他们，并吩咐他们不许离开。
• I badgered him into coming to see us.
  我死缠著他来看我们。
• Chinese officials were fed up with being badgered about the renminbi.
  美国在人民币汇率问题上的纠缠不休已经让中国官员忍无可忍。