a gadfly
gadfly作为可数名词，前面常用不定冠词a。
He was known as a gadfly in the committee.
他在委员会中以爱挑剔的人而闻名。
令人讨厌的人
gadflies — plural of gadfly
任何双翅目昆虫或蝇,属于蝇科(常称为蝇蛆)或虻科(马蝇),以嗡嗡声骚扰动物并咬它们吸血而闻名；牛虻；持续令人烦恼的人；令人烦恼或挑衅的人或事物；任何一类骚扰牲畜的大型蝇类；到处游荡寻求娱乐或他人陪伴的人
任何双翅目昆虫或蝇,属于蝇科(常称为蝇蛆)或虻科(马蝇),以嗡嗡声骚扰动物并咬它们吸血而闻名；牛虻
Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae (commonly known as a botfly) or Tabanidae (horsefly), noted for irritating animals by buzzing about them, and biting them to suck their blood; a gadbee.
持续令人烦恼的人
a persistently annoying person
令人烦恼或挑衅的人或事物
A person or thing that irritates or instigates.
任何一类骚扰牲畜的大型蝇类
any of various large flies that annoy livestock
到处游荡寻求娱乐或他人陪伴的人
Synonym of gadabout (“a person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others”).
The new intern is a gadfly, always asking questions that annoy the manager.
新来的实习生是个讨厌鬼，总是问些让经理恼火的问题。
用法提示：gadfly为可数名词，在此作表语，意为'讨厌鬼'。
The gadfly at the back of the room kept shouting during the lecture.
房间后面那个讨厌鬼在讲座中一直大喊大叫。
用法提示：gadfly作主语，指'讨厌鬼'。
Gadflies like him make every meeting unpleasant.
像他那样的讨厌鬼让每次会议都不愉快。
用法提示：gadflies是gadfly的复数形式，作主语，指'讨厌鬼'。
gadfly作为可数名词，前面常用不定冠词a。
He was known as a gadfly in the committee.
他在委员会中以爱挑剔的人而闻名。
复数形式指多个惹人厌的人。
The gadflies at the meeting constantly interrupted the speaker.
会议上的那些讨厌鬼不断打断演讲者。
系表结构，表示具有某种特征。
She tends to be a gadfly in discussions.
她在讨论中往往是个爱挑剔的人。
介词短语，比喻某人起刺激或监督作用。
The journalist acted as a gadfly to the government.
该记者充当了政府的牛虻角色。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is gadfly.
正确表达He is a gadfly.
gadfly是可数名词，单数形式前需要加不定冠词a。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gadflies everyone.
正确表达He is a gadfly to everyone.
gadfly是名词，不能用作动词；需用be a gadfly to表示‘对某人来说是令人讨厌的人’。
gadfly与gadget发音相似，但gadfly指令人讨厌的人，gadget指小巧的机械装置，含义完全不同
gadfly指烦人的人，goad指促使他人行动的行为，两者都有催促的含义，但gadfly带有贬义，goad是中性或正面
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