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annoy
使恼怒；使烦恼；烦扰
to make someone feel slightly angry or irritated
语气比 anger 或 enrage 轻，常指因琐事而不快
- 1.
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
打扰或惹恼,尤其是通过持续或反复的行为；用不愉快的行为打扰。
打扰或惹恼,尤其是通过持续或反复的行为；用不愉快的行为打扰。；使恼怒；骚扰
In use
The constant noise from the construction site really annoys me.
It annoys her when people interrupt her while she is reading.
He tried not to let the delay annoy him.
annoy sb
The constant noise annoys me.
持续的噪音使我恼怒。
annoy sb with sth
She annoys her brother with silly jokes.
她用愚蠢的笑话惹恼她的弟弟。
be annoyed at/by sth
He was annoyed by the delay.
他对延迟感到恼怒。
Verb forms
base annoy · third person annoys · -ing annoying · past annoyed · past participle annoyed
Common mistakes
I am annoying at you.I am annoyed with you.
annoying 是现在分词作形容词，意思是“令人恼怒的”；annoyed 是过去分词作形容词，意思是“感到恼怒的”。表达“对某人生气”常用 be annoyed with sb.。
The noise annoys me to study.The noise annoys me while I study.
annoy 后通常不接不定式表示目的或结果，而应使用从句或介词短语说明具体情境。
Connections
Collocations
- annoy someone
- 惹恼某人
- Please don't annoy your sister.请别惹你妹妹生气。
- annoyed with
- 对…生气
- I'm annoyed with him for being late.我对他迟到感到生气。
- annoyed by
- 被…惹恼
- She was annoyed by the constant noise.她被持续的噪音惹恼了。
- annoying habit
- 烦人的习惯
- He has an annoying habit of tapping his fingers.他有敲手指的烦人习惯。
- get annoyed
- 变得烦恼
- I get annoyed when people don't listen.当人们不听时，我会变得烦恼。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音类似“a恼”，联想到“一个烦恼”——使恼怒。
Context & Register
通常用于日常交流，正式和非正式场合均可使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-oy' are pronounced with /ɔɪ/. These rhyme with the stressed syllable of 'annoy'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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