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单词 nuisance
释义 nui·sance
I. \ˈn(y)üsən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English nusaunce, from Anglo-French nusaunce, nuisance, from Old French nuisir to hurt, harm (from Latin nocēre) + -aunce, -ance -ance — more at noxious
1. : harm, injury
 < relieving the nuisance of poisonous fumes from rural factories — Collier's Year Book >
2. law : an offensive, annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious thing or practice : a cause or source of annoyance that although often a single act is usually a continuing or repeated invasion or disturbance of another's right — see private nuisance, public nuisance
3. : a person that annoys usually by obtrusion : pest
 < he was a perfect nuisance, running through the house slamming doors >
4.
 a. : a vexing, difficult, or distressing practice or state of things
  < the nuisance of litter in the countryside — Manchester Guardian Weekly >
 b. : something that is disagreeable or troublesome : annoyance
  < timber was cheap, in fact, a nuisance to those who wanted farms — S.H.Holbrook >
  < motels … accessible without the nuisance of city traffic — Look >
II. adjective
1. : possessing the ability to annoy, distress, or hamper
 < burn off the nuisance scrub growth — Frank Cameron >
 < the nuisance strikes in public services that seriously injured the tourist season — W.H.Chamberlin >
2. : constituting a nuisance — used especially of wild animals
 < transfer of nuisance beavers >
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