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

• The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema.
  孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影。
• They badgered me into buying a new car.
  我很想买一本新字典。
• She badgered me into going.
  她硬缠着我让我去。
• I badgered him into coming with me.
  我闹得他终于跟我同行。
• 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。
• A belligerent reporter badgered the President for the facts.
  一名好寻衅的记者就一些事实纠缠总统。
• 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。
• 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。
• My wife badgered me to take her to the super market store.
  我的妻子吵着要我带她去超级市场。
• 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。