Word · Frequency #14732
pester
纠缠；不断打扰
annoy persistently
- 1.
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
持续地打扰、骚扰或惹恼
持续地打扰、骚扰或惹恼；不断打扰；纠缠
In use
The little boy kept pestering his mother with questions during the whole trip.
My brother pestered me until I agreed to lend him my laptop.
Please don't pester the cat; it wants to sleep.
pester sb
可直接跟宾语，表示持续打扰某人。
The children pestered their mother all day.
孩子们整天缠着他们的母亲。
pester sb to do sth
表示纠缠某人做某事。
He pestered his father to buy him a new phone.
他不停地缠着父亲给他买新手机。
pester sb for sth
表示为得到某物而纠缠某人。
She pestered her boss for a raise.
她不断纠缠老板要求加薪。
pester sb with sth
表示用某事来烦扰某人。
Stop pestering me with questions!
别总拿问题烦我！
Verb forms
base pester · third person pesters · -ing pestering · past pestered · past participle pestered
Common mistakes
He pestered with me all day.He pestered me all day.
pester 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 with。
She pestered her father buying her a new phone.She pestered her father to buy her a new phone.
pester 后接不定式 to do 表示纠缠的目的，而不是现在分词。
Connections
Collocations
- pester someone with questions
- 用问题纠缠某人；不停地问某人问题
- The kids pestered me with questions about the trip.孩子们不停地问我关于这次旅行的问题。
- pester someone for something
- 为得到某物而纠缠某人
- She kept pestering her parents for a new phone.她一直缠着父母要一部新手机。
- pester someone to do something
- 缠着某人做某事
- He pestered his manager to let him work from home.他缠着经理让他在家办公。
- pester the life out of someone
- 缠得某人烦不胜烦；把某人烦死
- The fans pestered the life out of the singer after the show.演出结束后，歌迷们把这位歌手缠得烦不胜烦。
- stop pestering someone
- 别再纠缠某人；不要烦某人
- Stop pestering your sister—she's doing her homework.别再缠着你妹妹了——她在做作业。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 pester 想成 pest（害虫）+ er，害虫在身边嗡嗡纠缠，正是“不断打扰、纠缠”的感觉。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、描述反复纠缠的场合 pester 通常用于日常对话或一般书面语，表示频繁、持续地打扰或纠缠，语气比表示严重骚扰的词轻，比较常见于孩子反复提要求、有人不断来电或上门推销等场景；正式严肃的文体中不太常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes (stressed /e/ + /stə/): fester, jester, Chester, ester, Leicester, celesta. Note that in celesta the stress is on the second syllable, but from the stressed vowel to the end it still matches /ɛstə/. Spelling lookalikes such as pesto /ˈpestəʊ/, pastor /ˈpɑːstə/, and pasta /ˈpæstə/ do NOT rhyme.
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。
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