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

• He constantly badgered his associates to press a public relations campaign that would call more attention to the China visit.
  他不断督促助手们展开宣传运动，引起人们对中国之行的更大注意。
• 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。
• 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。
• She badgered her boyfriend into taking up regular exercise.
  她缠着男友陪她做定期体育锻炼。
• He badgered the witness out of his wits.
  他把证人困恼得不知所措。
• 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。
• I badgered him into coming with me.
  我闹得他终于跟我同行。
• 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。
• 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。