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pester

🇬🇧 UK/'pestә/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

v.

To annoy or bother someone repeatedly and persistently.

不断打扰,纠缠,烦扰

n.

A nuisance or bother.

令人烦恼的人或事

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
pestpest, plague, nuisance
+
erone who does, agent
=pester

Common Collocations

  • 1.constantly pester不断纠缠
  • 2.pester someone with用...纠缠某人
  • 3.pester for纠缠...

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The children would constantly pester their parents with endless requests for candy.

  • 2.

    Persistent salesmen pester customers with repeated calls trying to make a sale.

  • 3.

    She grew tired of people pestering her with questions about her personal life.

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