pesky

英 [ˈpeski]

美 [ˈpeski]

adj.  恼人的; 讨厌的

最高级：peskiest　

GRE

BNC.48758 / COCA.16848

牛津词典

adj.

• 恼人的；讨厌的
  annoying
  1. pesky insects
     讨厌的昆虫

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 恼人的；讨厌的
  Peskymeans irritating.
  1. ...as if he were a pesky tourist asking silly questions of a busy man.
     好像他是个让人讨厌的旅客，尽向忙碌的人问些愚蠢的问题

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomegallingirritatingnettlesomepesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing

双语例句

• A falconer in SantaBarbara, for instance, keeps pesky seagulls from invading the FourSeasons'pool.
  比如在圣芭芭拉，只要有一个养鹰人就会防止讨厌的海鸥侵扰“四季酒店”的游泳池。
• Happy Independence Day you pesky yanks.
  独立日快乐，你们这群该死的美国佬。
• Chemical purging compounds are best for large or complex systems or for addressing pesky contamination issues like black specks.
  化学清洗化合物则最适宜于大而复杂的系统或者适宜于解决像黑点之类的令人讨厌的污染问题。
• We longed for this Utopian future when the office would be obsolete, commuting would be a thing of the past and we'd no longer have to deal with pesky door handles or irritating things like meat pies.
  我们渴望这种乌托邦式的未来，当办公室成为过时的东西，交换将成为过去，我们将不再不得不处理那些令人讨厌的买卖，或是像肉馅饼一样气人的东西。
• With the excitement of awards season, the Super Bowl, and that pesky polar vortex, we almost forgot to be crazy excited about the impending Olympics.
  在经历了激动人心的颁奖季、超级碗及恼人的极地涡旋后，我们似乎失了对奥运会那份迫切期盼的心。
• Many new employees are hesitant to ask questions because they're afraid of being perceived as pesky or uninformed.
  许多新员工问问题时犹豫不决，因为他们担心被感觉成什么都不懂或不了解情况的人。
• Traveling light could even be seen as a safety measure, because you can move more quickly away from danger ( or pesky men who want to marry you) when you have less to carry.
  轻装上阵甚至可以让旅行更加安全，让你迅速逃离危险之地（或是想要娶你的讨厌鬼）。
• This becomes a problem for more pesky items such as files and database tables, where if you need to modify the state you must be extra careful to cleanup your tracks after the test is completed.
  这对于文件和数据库表等麻烦的项目来说成为一个问题，因为在这些情况下，如果您需要修改状态，那么您必须更小心地在测试完成之后进行一些清理操作。
• Finding that your trusty old revolver just isn't making the grade against those pesky undead warriors?
  觉得你那把可靠的老式左轮手枪就是没法有效地干掉那些烦人的不死战士？
• Rather than give evidence of how bad the economy is, the Government simply stopped publishing pesky economic statistics.
  为了不留下说明经济状况有多糟的证据，委内瑞拉政府干脆不再发布讨厌的经济统计数据。