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

• As for those pesky shopping emails?
  而那些烦人的购物邮件呢？
• A falconer in SantaBarbara, for instance, keeps pesky seagulls from invading the FourSeasons'pool.
  比如在圣芭芭拉，只要有一个养鹰人就会防止讨厌的海鸥侵扰“四季酒店”的游泳池。
• Those pesky kids from next door have let down my car tyres again.
  隔壁那些讨厌的孩子又把我汽车的轮胎的气放了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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左轮手枪就是没法有效地干掉那些烦人的不死战士？
• 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。
• 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）。
• The superstar singer recently sat down with OK! at the Abbey Dawn launch in Alhambra, Calif., to discuss her sense of style, her love life, and those pesky Internet rumors.
  最近她在加州的阿罕布拉举行了AbbeyDawn的发布会，在此期间接受了OK杂志的采访，在采访中谈及了她对时尚的看法，感情生活以及她讨厌的网络流言。
• This new and innovative support power is your answer to those pesky Engineers and Commandos.
  这个新创新的支援力量是防范讨厌的工程师和特种兵的法宝。