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

• 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。
• I badgered him into coming with me.
  我闹得他终于跟我同行。
• 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。
• 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。
• The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema.
  孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影。
• The government has badgered companies, which are making record profits, to share the love.
  企业正赚着创纪录的利润，日本政府一直追着要求它们分享成果。
• She badgered me into going.
  她硬缠着我让我去。
• She badgered her boyfriend into taking up regular exercise.
  她缠着男友陪她做定期体育锻炼。
• 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。
• 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。