Word · Frequency #14732
pester
纠缠；不断打扰
核心释义
annoy persistently
- 1.
持续地打扰、骚扰或惹恼
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
持续地打扰、骚扰或惹恼；不断打扰；纠缠
用法In use
The little boy kept pestering his mother with questions during the whole trip.
用法提示：pestering 是 pester 的现在分词，作及物动词，表示不断打扰、纠缠。
My brother pestered me until I agreed to lend him my laptop.
用法提示：pestered 是 pester 的过去式，表示持续纠缠某人以达到目的。
Please don't pester the cat; it wants to sleep.
用法提示：pester 用原形，作祈使句中的及物动词，表示不断打扰。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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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