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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They badgered me into buying a new car.
  我很想买一本新字典。
• She badgered her boyfriend into taking up regular exercise.
  她缠着男友陪她做定期体育锻炼。
• 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。