ANNOYto make someone feel slightly angry and unhappy about something 使恼怒,使生气SYN irritate
What annoyed him most was that he had received no apology.
最令他生气的是没人向他道歉。
She annoyed him with her stupid questions.
她那些愚蠢的问题令他很恼火。
it annoys somebody when/how/that
It really annoys me when I see people dropping litter.
看到别人乱丢垃圾我非常生气。
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In everyday English, people also often use the phrase get on someone's nerves: 在日常英语中,人们还经常使用短语get on someone’s nerves
She got on his nerves with her stupid questions.
她那些愚蠢的问题令他很恼火。
Examples from the Corpus
annoy• Quite enough to annoy anybody, Nicandra thought.• Gina was annoyed by his jogging, though, that was one comfort.• The only reason she went out with Charles was to annoy her parents.• But even to be asked annoyed her.• His voice had a slighttremor, and that annoyed him, but they didn't seem to notice.• It annoys me that Kim never returns the books she borrows.• Are you doing that just to annoy me?• Brian talks to me like a child, which really annoys me.• Jane's constantchatter was beginning to annoy me.• The neighbor's kid walks across our lawn just to annoy us.• I find it annoying when people eatsmelly foods on public transport.
Originannoy
(1200-1300)Old Frenchenuier, from Latininodiare, from odium; → ODIOUS
ADVERB | VERB + ANNOY | PHRASESADVERB➤intensely, really使非常煩惱;使極其心煩◇His air of calm superiority annoyed her intensely.他那平靜而又盛氣凌人的樣子讓她很煩。◇It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.別人忘記說謝謝會讓我很生氣。VERB + ANNOY➤be beginning to, be starting to開始煩擾◇The wasps were beginning to annoy me.黃蜂開始惹得我心煩。PHRASES➤do sth just to annoy sb, do sth only to annoy sb做⋯只為使某人心煩◇I only stay out late to annoy my parents.我在外面待到很晚只是為了氣我的父母。
➡ See also the entry for angerverb另见anger动词词条annoy ♦︎ frustrate ♦︎ irritate ♦︎ get on sb's nerves ♦︎ wind sb up ♦︎ bug ♦︎ displease ♦︎ exasperateThese words all mean to make sb slightly angry or impatient.这些词均表示让人不快或不耐烦。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达让人不快的程度
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exasperate
bug
frustrate
irritate
get on sb's nerves
wind sb up
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆It annoys me / irritates me / gets on my nerves / bugs me that / when...◆What annoys me / frustrates me / irritates me / gets on my nerves / bugs me is the way / the fact that...◆to really annoy sb / irritate sb / get on sb's nerves / wind sb up / bug sb■annoy [transitive] to make sb slightly angry使气恼;使不快◆His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.他总是开玩笑,这开始让她受不了。◆It really annoys me when people don't say thank you.有人连“谢谢”也不说,我真的很反感。◆It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.我看到他超过我,就心里不痛快。 see also annoyance ⇨ frustration■frustrate frʌˈstreɪt; NAmEˈfrʌstreɪt [transitive] to make sb feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want使懊恼;使沮丧◆What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project.让他懊恼的是能用在这个项目上的资金太少了。 see also frustration ⇨ frustration, frustrated ⇨ unhappy2■irritate [transitive] to annoy sb, especially by sth that you continuously do or by sth that continuously happens使烦恼(尤指因反复不断地做某事或持续发生的事情)◆The way she puts on that accent really irritates me.她故意操那种口音的样子实在令我恼火。◆She was irritated by his continued refusal to believe her.他一而再再而三地怀疑她,她很受不了。 see also irritable ⇨ irritable, irritation ⇨ frustration■get on sb's ˈnerves
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(getting, got, got; NAmEspokengetting, got, gotten) (informal) to annoy sb使气恼;使不快◆That music is getting on my nerves.那音乐让我心烦。◆It didn't take long before we started getting on each other's nerves.没过多久我们便开始受不了对方。 see also nerves ⇨ nervous■ˌwind sb ˈup
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(wound, wound) (BrE, informal) to deliberately say or do sth in order to annoy sb(故意)惹⋯不快;戏弄◆Calm down! Can't you see he's only winding you up?别激动!难道你看不出来他只是在逗你吗?◆That can't be true! You're winding me up!那不会是真的!你在故意耍我吧!■bug(-gg-) [transitive] (informal) to slightly annoy or worry sb使烦恼;使担忧◆What's the matter? Is there something bugging you?怎么了?有什么事烦你吗?■displease [transitive] (formal) to make sb feel upset, annoyed or not satisfied使烦恼;使不悦;使不满◆The tone of the letter displeased her.来信的语气使她不快。OPPplease ⇨ please see also displeasure ⇨ frustration■exasperateɪgˈzæspəreɪt, BrE also ɪgˈzɑːspəreɪt [transitive] to annoy sb very much惹恼;激怒◆Her moods exasperated him.她的坏脾气让他很生气。◆She was clearly exasperated by all my questions.她显然对我问个没完感到恼火。 see also exasperation ⇨ frustration