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

• 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。
• 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。
• As for those pesky shopping emails?
  而那些烦人的购物邮件呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Finding that your trusty old revolver just isn't making the grade against those pesky undead warriors?
  觉得你那把可靠的老式***就是没法有效地干掉那些烦人的不死战士？