harass
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they harass | |
| he / she / it harasses | |
| past simple harassed | |
| past participle harassed | |
| -ing form harassing |
- [often passive]
to annoy or worry somebody by putting pressure on them or saying or doing unpleasant things to them 侵擾；騷擾 - be harassed (by somebody)
He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投訴受到警方侵擾。 She claims she has been sexually harassed at work. 她聲稱在工作中受到性騷擾。
Extra ExamplesHe told her that if she continued to harass him, he would call the police. 他告訴她，如果她繼續騷擾他，他會報警。 Protesters have been blocking access to the clinic and physically harassing staff. 抗議者封鎖了診所的入口，並對工作人員進行身體騷擾。 The man harassed a neighbour with racist abuse. 那男子用帶有種族歧視的語言辱罵侵擾鄰居。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- racially
- sexually
- constantly
- …
- be harassed (by somebody)
- harass somebody/something
to make repeated attacks on an enemy 不斷攻擊（敵人） Our convoys are being continually harassed by enemy submarines. 我們的車隊不斷受到敵人潛艇的騷擾。 Greenpeace has been harassing whaling operations at sea. 綠色和平組織一直在騷擾海上捕鲸活動。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French harasser, from harer ‘set a dog on’, from Germanic hare, a cry urging a dog to attack.