chivy someone/something
作动词时，常表示驱赶或烦扰。
The farmer chivvied the stray dogs out of his field.
农夫把流浪狗追逐出他的田地。
打猎叫喊；追逐
a hunting cry or a chase
打猎叫喊；追逐
v annoy continually or chronically
The children kept chivying their mother to take them to the park.
孩子们不停地纠缠妈妈，要她带他们去公园。
用法提示：chivy在这里用作动词，表示持续地纠缠或催促。
My coworker chivvied me all day about finishing the report.
我的同事整天催促我完成报告。
用法提示：chivy的过去式chivvied，表示不断地烦扰或催促。
Stop chivying me; I'll do it when I'm ready.
别催我了；我准备好了就会做。
用法提示：chivy表示持续地烦扰，常用于否定祈使句。
作动词时，常表示驱赶或烦扰。
The farmer chivvied the stray dogs out of his field.
农夫把流浪狗追逐出他的田地。
作名词时，指打猎时的叫喊声或追逐行为。
The hunters gave a chivy to signal the start of the chase.
猎人们发出狩猎叫喊，表示追逐开始。
grammar · medium
易错句子He chivied his little sister all day until she cried.
正确表达He chivvied his little sister all day until she cried.
chivy的过去式是chivvied，拼写错误，双写v再加ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The boss is always chivying at his employees.
正确表达The boss is always chivying his employees.
chivy是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词at。
chivy 侧重于不断追赶或纠缠以试图使人离开，pester 侧重于不断打扰或乞求
chivy 强调不耐烦地驱赶或烦扰，chase 强调快速追赶以抓住
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