英语释义

1. to irritate by constant scolding or urging

2. badger, worry

3. to find fault incessantly complain

4. to be a persistent source of annoyance or distraction

5. one who nags habitually

6. horse especially one that is old or in poor condition

7. to annoy (someone) by often complaining about his or her behavior, appearance, etc.

8. to annoy (someone) with repeated questions, requests, or orders

9. to cause (someone) to feel annoyed or worried for a long period of time

10. to annoy by repeated complaining, scolding, or urging
Mom nagged me to finish my homework.

11. to annoy continually or again and again
… Mrs. Frisby could not quite get rid of a nagging worry …
— Robert C. O'Brien, Rats of NIMH

12. an old and usually worn-out horse

片语

nag at挑剔；唠叨；以唠叨来恼人

英汉例句

• the children have nagged me into taking them to the cinema.

  孩子们对我纠缠不休，使我终于带他们去看了电影。

• who nagged me into quitting a job i loved.

  他每天喋喋不休要我辞掉心爱的工作。

• the bills nagged him all day long.

  帐单的事一整天都困扰着他。

• your customers need just enough personal communication to feel valued, while not feeling like they’re being nagged constantly.

  你的顾客需要的只是被重视的足够的私下沟通，而不是觉得他们持续地被某人喋喋不休。

• european governments have nagged each other to carry out structural reforms for years, without great success.

  欧洲各国政府早在几年前就唠叨说要推行结构改革，但是却没有显着的成果。

• i was at last nagged into weeding the lawn.

  我终于被唠叨得不耐烦，给草坪除草去了。

• there is no clear succession, yet the issue has nagged egyptians (and foreigners who watch the arab world’s most populous country, 80m-strong) for a good decade.

  关于总统之位的继承没有定论，但这个问题整整十年来一直困扰着埃及国人（以及那些关注这个拥有高达八千万人口，即阿拉伯国家中人口最多的国度的外国人士）。

• when my wife nagged me to do something about it, i told her that either i would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow.

  妻子喋喋不休让我想点办法。我告诉她，要么买一台新割草机，要么让草长下去。

• her family nagged her continually because of her association with negroes.

  因她跟黑人有交往，她的家人对她唠叨个不停。

• it turned brown and the needles were dropping off, but many times i nagged my mother about why we couldn’t keep our christmas tree up as long as they did at j?rn’s.

  树开始变黄，松针全掉了下来，好几次我都埋怨妈妈为什么我们自己家的圣诞树不能像耶恩家那样放那么长的时间。

• however, there is certainly not, as has been alleged, a pattern of behavior whereby harry repeatedly lies to hermione to avoid being nagged or lectured.

  不论怎样，事实当然不会如愿，就象是被断言的，靠着哈利为了避免被赫敏唠叨和指责而再三地说谎形成了一个态度的格局。

• the children finally nagged the nurse into taking them to the zoo.

  孩子们终于缠得保姆答应带他们去动物园了。

• she nagged him into doing what she wanted.

  她向他唠叨，使他不得不去做她要他做的事。

• in 1941 my seven-year-old daughter was in bed with pneumonia. every night, when i sat by her bed, she nagged me the way children do: 「please, mummy, tell me a story」.

  1941年我七岁的女儿得了肺炎的时候卧病在床，每天晚上我守候在她床边，她都提同一个要求：行行好，妈妈，给我讲一个故事吧！

• for a free software user, one of the most irksome aspects of windows xp or vista is that you are constantly being nagged by pop-ups.

  对自由软件用户来说，windowsxp或vista最让人不能忍受的一个方面是，你会被不时弹出的东西骚扰。

• stone lee killed his wife because she nagged him nonstop for 20 years.

  李斯通杀死了他的太太，因为她不停地唠叨了20午。

• he was a source of disappointment to his father, who nagged at jim to behave like a normal boy.

  父亲对他很失望，总抱怨他的举止不像个正常男孩。

• throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her.

  整个晚餐，阿琳都在为这一幕所困扰。

• she nagged at him all day long.

  她成天唠唠叨叨地找他岔子。

• in fact, the more i nagged my husband the less likely he was to do the things i thought he should do. was that bad?

  事实上，我越唠叨，他越不可能去做我要他去做的事情，这是不是件糟糕的事？

• growing up, i wished u nagged me less, understood me more… but now, i know it was your love that keeping me grounded and showing me the right path.

  当我长大的时候，我希望你唠叨我少一些，理解我多一些…但是现在，我明白是你的爱使我脚踏实地，为我指引正确的道路。

• it turns out that being a nag is just as unpleasant as being nagged — so finding strategies to stop nagging brings a real happiness boost to a relationship.

  不论是自己抱怨还是听别人抱怨都是一件不愉快的事情，所以能找出一套停止抱怨的方法会为增进为人处世关系带来真正的喜悦。

• suspecting he had a serious medical condition, i nagged my husband until he agreed to see a doctor.

  由于怀疑老公有严重的身体健康问题，我一直纠缠着他直到他同意去看医生。

• don「t nag me all day long. (you wouldn」t want to be nagged for your inquisitiveness. )treat me as you would like to be treated.

  不要整天都对我唠叨（你也不想因你的好奇而被人唠叨）请像你所想得到的待遇一样对待我。

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