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

• 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。
• 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。
• Badgered by publicity about his "reclusive" chief executive, the chief of staff decides to book the president on the season finale of "American Dreamz" to show what a great guy he is.
  迫于公众对关于总统的隐蔽掌政的穷追猛问，总管决定让总统出席当季“美国梦”的总决赛，让公众看到他伟大的一面。
• This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software.
  这个家伙对着我一顿狂轰乱炸，说微软将要如何通过平板电脑完全地改变世界，淘汰所有的笔记本电脑，而且苹果必须购买微软的软件。
• 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。
• She badgered me into going.
  她硬缠着我让我去。
• The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema.
  孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影。
• 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 to see us.
  我死缠著他来看我们。