pesky

英 [ˈpeski]

美 [ˈpeski]

adj.  恼人的; 讨厌的

最高级：peskiest　

GRE

BNC.48758 / COCA.16848

牛津词典

adj.

• 恼人的；讨厌的
  annoying
  1. pesky insects
     讨厌的昆虫

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 恼人的；讨厌的
  Peskymeans irritating.
  1. ...as if he were a pesky tourist asking silly questions of a busy man.
     好像他是个让人讨厌的旅客，尽向忙碌的人问些愚蠢的问题

英英释义

adj

• causing irritation or annoyance
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
  Synonym:annoyingbothersomegallingirritatingnettlesomepesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexing

双语例句

• You never know how to take care of yourself. I need my hands to help you get rid of the pesky white hair you hate so much when you grew old, to trim your nails and to feed you.
  你从不知道照顾自己。当你老了的时候，我需要用我的手帮你拔掉你那么憎恨的烦人的白发，帮你修剪指甲，喂饭给你吃。
• Happy Independence Day you pesky yanks.
  独立日快乐，你们这群该死的美国佬。
• Vergil: why didn't you kill her? Perhaps because she's your daughter? Did some pesky fatherly love get in your way?
  维吉尔：你为什么没杀了她？是不是因为他是你女儿？某种无稽的父爱阻止了你？
• The superstar singer recently sat down with OK! at the Abbey Dawn launch in Alhambra, Calif., to discuss her sense of style, her love life, and those pesky Internet rumors.
  最近她在加州的阿罕布拉举行了AbbeyDawn的发布会，在此期间接受了OK杂志的采访，在采访中谈及了她对时尚的看法，感情生活以及她讨厌的网络流言。
• He's got to look like a wild man before he can scare those pesky, seed-guzzling, fruit-pecking crows.
  他得让自己看起来像个野蛮人才能吓怕那些烦人的，爱吃粮食和啄食果子的乌鸦们。
• This becomes a problem for more pesky items such as files and database tables, where if you need to modify the state you must be extra careful to cleanup your tracks after the test is completed.
  这对于文件和数据库表等麻烦的项目来说成为一个问题，因为在这些情况下，如果您需要修改状态，那么您必须更小心地在测试完成之后进行一些清理操作。
• Chemical purging compounds are best for large or complex systems or for addressing pesky contamination issues like black specks.
  化学清洗化合物则最适宜于大而复杂的系统或者适宜于解决像黑点之类的令人讨厌的污染问题。
• Rather than give evidence of how bad the economy is, the Government simply stopped publishing pesky economic statistics.
  为了不留下说明经济状况有多糟的证据，委内瑞拉政府干脆不再发布讨厌的经济统计数据。
• This new and innovative support power is your answer to those pesky Engineers and Commandos.
  这个新创新的支援力量是防范讨厌的工程师和特种兵的法宝。
• Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel devices.
  一旦我的权力巩固，我会摧毁所有讨厌的时光旅行机器。