badgered

英 [ˈbædʒəd]

美 [ˈbædʒərd]

v.  纠缠，烦扰(反复提出问题或要求)
badger的过去式

柯林斯词典

• 獾
  Abadgeris a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
• VERB 纠缠；烦扰；对…软磨硬泡
  If youbadgersomeone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
  1. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something...
     她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
  2. They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...
     他们不停地给我打电话、写信，软磨硬泡要我回去。
  3. Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.
     理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子，终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。

双语例句

• I badgered him into coming to see us.
  我死缠著他来看我们。
• She is a fairly good worker, but she needs prodding occasionally. He constantly badgered his associates to press a public relations campaign that would call more attention to the China visit.
  她干起活来倒是相当不错，不过有时需要加以督促.他不断督促助手们展开宣传运动，引起人们对中国之行的更大注意。
• He badgered the witness out of his wits.
  他把证人困恼得不知所措。
• The government has badgered companies, which are making record profits, to share the love.
  企业正赚着创纪录的利润，日本政府一直追着要求它们分享成果。
• This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software.
  这个家伙对着我一顿狂轰乱炸，说微软将要如何通过平板电脑完全地改变世界，淘汰所有的笔记本电脑，而且苹果必须购买微软的软件。
• She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something
  她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。
• They badgered me into buying a new car.
  我很想买一本新字典。
• She badgered me into going.
  她硬缠着我让我去。
• She badgered her boyfriend into taking up regular exercise.
  她缠着男友陪她做定期体育锻炼。
• The mill foreman taunted the workers, badgered them, and told them that they dared not quit.
  厂里的工头辱骂工人们，折磨他们，并吩咐他们不许离开。