| 单词 | harass |
| 释义 | harass[ huh-ras, har-uhs ] / həˈræs, ˈhær əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR harass ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object) to disturb or bother persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; pester: He stays up late, harassed with doubt and anxiety. to intimidate or coerce, as with persistent demands or threats: Apparently a parent has been harassing the school principal with late-night phone calls. to subject to unwelcome sexual advances: I was harassed by my boss many years ago. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. Origin of harassFirst recorded in 1610–20; from French, Middle French harasser “to harry, harass,” verbal derivative of harace, harache (in phrase courre a la harace “pursue”), equivalent to hare “cry used to urge dogs on” (from Frankish hara (unattested) “here, from this side”; compare Old High German hera, Middle Dutch hare ) + -asse augmentative or pejorative suffix, from Latin -ācea SYNONYMS FOR harass1 badger, vex, plague, hector, annoy. 4 besiege, beset. SEE SYNONYMS FOR harass ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for harass1. See worry. pronunciation note for harassharass , a 17th-century borrowing from French, has traditionally been pronounced in English as [har-uhs], /ˈhær əs/, with stress on the first syllable. A newer pronunciation, [huh-ras], /həˈræs/, has developed in North American (but not British) English and has become the more common one in the U.S., especially among younger speakers. OTHER WORDS FROM harassWords nearby harassharangue, Harappa, Harappan, Harar, Harare, harass, harassment, Harbin, harbinger, harbinger-of-spring, Harbona Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for harassBritish Dictionary definitions for harassharass / (ˈhærəs, həˈræs) / verb(tr) to trouble, torment, or confuse by continual persistent attacks, questions, etc Derived forms of harassharassed, adjectiveharassing, adjective, nounharassment, nounWord Origin for harassC17: from French harasser, variant of Old French harer to set a dog on, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harēn to cry out Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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