| 单词 | annoy |
| 释义 | annoy I. annoy 1. archaic 2. obsolete II. an·noy transitive verb 1. < by living together they annoyed the rest of the family even more than they irritated each other — William Thornton > < often puzzled and sometimes annoyed by the ways of other peoples who are strange to us — W.A.Parker > 2. a. < dogs annoying a cornered bear > < infiltrating behind the lines so as to annoy the enemy replacements > b. obsolete 3. obsolete intransitive verb < some personalities antagonize; others simply annoy > Synonyms: < Richard's absence annoyed him. The youth was vivacious, and his enthusiasm good fun — George Meredith > < annoy you with unnecessary details — P.B.Kyne > < Hopkinson annoyed the British in Philadelphia with a satirical ballad — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > vex, somewhat stronger than annoy in implying a deep effect, applies to what provokes, disturbs, or perplexes < the faulty translation that so vexes teachers — C.H.Grandgent > < you take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves — Jane Austen > < Mr. Hudson, in his La Plata, has vexed himself with similar problems — Norman Douglas > irk now often applies to angering or provoking into a rejoinder; its older meaning of wearying and boring is becoming less common < the supervision of the ubiquitous secret-service men irked his nerves — S.H.Adams > < the overiterated becomes the monotonous, and the monotonous irks and bores — J.L.Lowes > bother applies to whatever distracts, upsets, frets, or discomposes so that one cannot be placid or intent < she is also a little bothered, I think, because the servant is going to leave — Arnold Bennett > < Jack and Ethel bothered him, they might think he'd quit on them — Oliver La Farge > worry indicates suffering with fretting care or anxiety < half sick and worried by debts > < one who has worried over governmental problems all of his mature life — Felix Frankfurter > < I'm to have my peace of mind destroyed — I'm to be worried into my grave — Douglas Jerrold > Synonym: see in addition worry. |
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