pester
verb [transitive, intransitive]to annoy somebody, especially by asking them something many times 打扰；纠缠；烦扰 - pester somebody for something
Journalists pestered neighbours for information. 记者缠着邻居打听消息。 - pester somebody with something
He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week. 他打电话骚扰她有一个多星期了。 - pester somebody/something
The horses were continually pestered by flies. 马不断地被苍蝇叮咬。 - pester (somebody to do something)
The kids kept pestering me to read to them. 孩子们老缠着我给他们读故事书。
Extra ExamplesThey kept pestering him for his autograph. 他们一直缠着他要他的签名。 I knew he would keep pestering until he got an answer. 我知道他会一直缠着，直到得到答案。 She would pester him until she got exactly what she wanted. 她会缠着他，直到得到她想要的东西。 Stop pestering! 别烦人了！ The kids kept pestering me to buy them ice creams. 孩子们老缠着我给他们买冰淇淋。
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