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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。
纠缠；不断打扰
pestering — present participle of pester
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
纠缠；不断打扰
annoy persistently
The children pestered their mother all day.
孩子们整天缠着他们的母亲。
持续地打扰、骚扰或惹恼
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
pester
Base
原形
pesters
3rd person
第三人称单数
pestering
-ing
现在分词
pestered
Past
过去式
pestered
Past participle
过去分词
She pesters her brother.
她不断打扰她的弟弟。
He pestered me for money.
他缠着我要钱。
The child is pestering his mother.
孩子正在纠缠他妈妈。
The little boy kept pestering his mother with questions during the whole trip.
整个旅途中，小男孩不停地用问题纠缠他妈妈。
My brother pestered me until I agreed to lend him my laptop.
我哥哥一直纠缠我，直到我同意把笔记本电脑借给他。
Please don't pester the cat; it wants to sleep.
请不要打扰那只猫，它想睡觉。
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。
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。
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。
表示用某事来烦扰某人。
Stop pestering me with questions!
别总拿问题烦我！
Not this
He pestered with me all day.
Use this
He pestered me all day.
pester 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 with。
Not this
She pestered her father buying her a new phone.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
儿童影响父母购物的能力
Advertisers often target children because of pester power.
广告商常常针对孩子，因为他们有缠着父母购物的影响力。
把某人烦得不得安宁
My little brother pestered the life out of me to play football with him.
我弟弟缠着我要我跟他踢足球，烦得我要死。
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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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.