harass

ha·rass

H0055900 (hə-răs′, hăr′əs)tr.v. ha·rassed, ha·rass·ing, ha·rass·es 1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings.3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).

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[French harasser, from Old French (a la) harache, (a la) harace (as in courre a la harache, to chase) : hare, call used to set dogs on (of Germanic origin; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + -ache, -ace, deprecative n. suff.]

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ha·rass′er n.ha·rass′ment n.Synonyms: harass, harry, hound, badger, pester, plague
These verbs mean to trouble persistently or incessantly. Harass and harry imply systematic persecution by besieging with repeated annoyances, threats, or demands: The landlord harassed the tenants who were behind in their rent. "John Adams and John Quincy Adams, pillars of personal rectitude, were harried throughout their presidencies by accusations of corruption, fraud, and abuses of power" (Alan Brinkley and Davis Dyer).
Hound suggests unrelenting pursuit to gain a desired end: Reporters hounded the celebrity for an interview. To badger is to nag or entreat persistently: The child badgered his parents for a new bicycle. To pester is to inflict a succession of petty annoyances: "How she would have pursued and pestered me with questions and surmises" (Charlotte Brontë).
Plague refers to a problem likened to a noxious disease: "As I have no estate, I am plagued with no tenants or stewards" (Henry Fielding).Usage Note: The pronunciation of harass with stress on the first syllable (rhyming roughly with Paris) is the older, traditional pronunciation. The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable (rhyming roughly with surpass) is a newer pronunciation that first occurred in American English. Its use has steadily increased since the mid-1900s. In our 1987 survey, 50 percent of the Usage Panel preferred the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, and 50 percent preferred stress on the second syllable. Fourteen years later, in our 2001 survey, preference for stress on the first syllable dropped to 30 percent while preference for stress on the second syllable rose to 70 percent. The results from our 2013 survey suggest that this trend away from the traditional pronunciation has continued: only 10 percent preferred the stress on the first syllable, whereas 90 percent preferred the pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable. In fact, in 2013, 35 percent of the Panel considered the pronunciation with the stress on the first syllable to be unacceptable. The original pronunciation has almost completely given way in only a few decades, at least in the United States.

harass

(ˈhærəs; həˈræs) vb (tr) to trouble, torment, or confuse by continual persistent attacks, questions, etc[C17: from French harasser, variant of Old French harer to set a dog on, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harēn to cry out] ˈharassed adj ˈharassedly adv haˈrasser n ˈharassing adj, n haˈrassingly adv ˈharassment n

ha•rass

(həˈræs, ˈhær əs)

v.t. 1. to disturb persistently; torment; pester; persecute. 2. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war; raid. [1610–20; < French, Middle French harasser to harry, harass, v. derivative of harace, harache (in phrase courre a la harace pursue) =hare cry used to urge dogs on (< Frankish *hara here, from this side; compare Old High German hera, Middle Dutch hare) + -asse augmentative or pejorative suffix < Latin -ācea] ha•rass′er, n. pron: harass, a 17th-century French borrowing, has traditionally been pronounced (ˈhær əs) A newer pronunciation, (həˈræs) which has developed in North American but not British English, is sometimes criticized by older educated speakers. However, it is now the more common pronunciation among younger educated U.S. speakers, some of whom have only minimal familiarity with the older form. See also exquisite.

harass

Past participle: harassed
Gerund: harassing

Imperative
harass
harass

Present
I harass
you harass
he/she/it harasses
we harass
you harass
they harass

Preterite
I harassed
you harassed
he/she/it harassed
we harassed
you harassed
they harassed

Present Continuous
I am harassing
you are harassing
he/she/it is harassing
we are harassing
you are harassing
they are harassing

Present Perfect
I have harassed
you have harassed
he/she/it has harassed
we have harassed
you have harassed
they have harassed

Past Continuous
I was harassing
you were harassing
he/she/it was harassing
we were harassing
you were harassing
they were harassing

Past Perfect
I had harassed
you had harassed
he/she/it had harassed
we had harassed
you had harassed
they had harassed

Future
I will harass
you will harass
he/she/it will harass
we will harass
you will harass
they will harass

Future Perfect
I will have harassed
you will have harassed
he/she/it will have harassed
we will have harassed
you will have harassed
they will have harassed

Future Continuous
I will be harassing
you will be harassing
he/she/it will be harassing
we will be harassing
you will be harassing
they will be harassing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been harassing
you have been harassing
he/she/it has been harassing
we have been harassing
you have been harassing
they have been harassing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been harassing
you will have been harassing
he/she/it will have been harassing
we will have been harassing
you will have been harassing
they will have been harassing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been harassing
you had been harassing
he/she/it had been harassing
we had been harassing
you had been harassing
they had been harassing

Conditional
I would harass
you would harass
he/she/it would harass
we would harass
you would harass
they would harass

Past Conditional
I would have harassed
you would have harassed
he/she/it would have harassed
we would have harassed
you would have harassed
they would have harassed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	harass - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provokeneedle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"haze - harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
	2.	harass - exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"aggress, attack - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"

harass

verb annoy, trouble, bother, worry, harry, disturb, devil (informal), plague, bait, hound, torment, hassle (informal), badger, persecute, exasperate, pester, vex, breathe down someone's neck, chivvy (Brit.), give someone grief (Brit. & S. African), be on your back (slang), beleaguer We are almost routinely harassed by the police.

harass

verb1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit.2. To disturb by repeated attacks:annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry.

Translations

不断攻击使困扰

harass

(ˈhӕrəs) , ((especially American) həˈras) verb1. to annoy or trouble (a person) constantly or frequently. The children have been harassing me all morning. 愛煩人 使困扰2. to make frequent sudden attacks on (an enemy). The army was constantly harassed by groups of terrorists. 不斷突擊(敵人) 不断攻击（敌人） ˈharassed adjectivea harassed mother. 倍受煩擾的 烦恼的，厌烦的 ˈharassment nounHe complained of harassment by the police. 煩擾 骚扰，烦恼，困扰 sexual harassmentsex