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

• 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。
• She badgered me into going.
  她硬缠着我让我去。
• My twelve-year-old son badgered us for a parrot over a year.
  一年多以来，我十二岁大的儿子一直缠着家里，要求给他买一只鹦鹉。
• He constantly badgered his associates to press a public relations campaign that would call more attention to the China visit.
  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。
• They badgered me into buying a new car.
  我很想买一本新字典。
• After years of being badgered by her parents to get married, 26-year-old Zhang Yu finally had enough.
  在被父母逼婚了几年以后，26岁的张玉（音译）终于不想再忍受了。
• 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。
• The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema.
  孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影。
• Chinese officials were fed up with being badgered about the renminbi.
  美国在人民币汇率问题上的纠缠不休已经让中国官员忍无可忍。
• 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。