pester
verb [transitive, intransitive]to annoy somebody, especially by asking them something many times 打擾；糾纏；煩擾 - pester somebody for something
Journalists pestered neighbours for information. 記者纏着鄰居打聽消息。 - pester somebody with something
He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week. 他打電話騷擾她有一個多星期了。 - pester somebody/something
The horses were continually pestered by flies. 馬不斷地被蒼蠅叮咬。 - pester (somebody to do something)
The kids kept pestering me to read to them. 孩子們老纏着我給他們讀故事書。
Extra ExamplesThey kept pestering him for his autograph. 他們一直纏着他要他的簽名。 I knew he would keep pestering until he got an answer. 我知道他會一直纏着，直到得到答案。 She would pester him until she got exactly what she wanted. 她會纏着他，直到得到她想要的東西。 Stop pestering! 别煩人了！ The kids kept pestering me to buy them ice creams. 孩子們老纏着我給他們買冰淇淋。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘overcrowd (a place)’ and ‘impede (a person)’): from French empestrer ‘encumber’, influenced by pest. The current sense is an extension of an earlier use, ‘infest’, referring to vermin.- pester somebody for something