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

• Traveling light could even be seen as a safety measure, because you can move more quickly away from danger ( or pesky men who want to marry you) when you have less to carry.
  轻装上阵甚至可以让旅行更加安全，让你迅速逃离危险之地（或是想要娶你的讨厌鬼）。
• Also, when we use tr, we can avoid writing those pesky regular expressions.
  另外，在使用tr时，可以避免写那些让人讨厌的正则表达式。
• 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。
• We longed for this Utopian future when the office would be obsolete, commuting would be a thing of the past and we'd no longer have to deal with pesky door handles or irritating things like meat pies.
  我们渴望这种乌托邦式的未来，当办公室成为过时的东西，交换将成为过去，我们将不再不得不处理那些令人讨厌的买卖，或是像肉馅饼一样气人的东西。
• 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？
• Those pesky kids from next door have let down my car tyres again.
  隔壁那些讨厌的孩子又把我汽车的轮胎的气放了。
• But now, online at least, you can outsource that pesky task.
  现如今你可以把这个麻烦事儿交给别人做了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Somehow during Mercury retrograde, we all find we have more time to get to those pesky things on our to-do list.
  从某种程度上来讲，我们都发现我们有更多的时间来处理待办清单上的这些烦心事了。