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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• However, this is not the first time the President has been caught on camera battling pesky airborne pests.
  不过这可不是奥巴马总统第一次在镜头之前打苍蝇了。
• As for those pesky shopping emails?
  而那些烦人的购物邮件呢？
• Dirty pesky rats! I'm coming, hae-sook! Hold on!
  讨厌的脏老鼠！我就来，惠！坚持住！
• 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。
• Many new employees are hesitant to ask questions because they're afraid of being perceived as pesky or uninformed.
  许多新员工问问题时犹豫不决，因为他们担心被感觉成什么都不懂或不了解情况的人。
• With the excitement of awards season, the Super Bowl, and that pesky polar vortex, we almost forgot to be crazy excited about the impending Olympics.
  在经历了激动人心的颁奖季、超级碗及恼人的极地涡旋后，我们似乎失了对奥运会那份迫切期盼的心。