annoy

annoy

英 [ə'nɒɪ]
　　美 [ə'nɔɪ]

vt. 騷擾；惹惱；打攪
　　vi. 惹惱；令人討厭；打攪
　　n. 煩惱（等於annoyance）

v.(動詞)annoy的基本意思是“打擾,幹擾”,引申可作“使煩惱,使惱怒”解,強調經常的、不斷的幹擾、激怒或苦惱。隻用作及物動詞,其後多接名詞、代詞作賓語。annoy表示“因…而生氣”時,常用於be ～ed 結構。be annoyed後常接介詞at, by, with，介詞with之後一般隻接人；be annoyed之後還常接動詞不定式或that從句。be annoyed結構一般不用very修飾,但可用much或very much修飾。後面可以接that從句。

She is annoyed that he has not answered her letter.
他沒有給她回信使她很惱怒。

中文詞源：

annoy 使憤怒

來自拉丁短語in odio, 厭惡。詞根od, 難聞，見odor, 氣味。字母d, y 音變。

annul 廢除

前綴an-同ad-.-nul, 同詞根nil, 零。

例句：

1. As the years went by his nastiness began to annoy his readers.
年深日久，他惡毒的文字開始讓讀者生厭。

2. Try making a note of the things which annoy you.
試著把煩心事寫下來。

3. His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
他不停地開玩笑，已開始惹她生氣。

4. If you annoy me much more, I'll box your ears.
如果你再打擾我, 我將打你耳光.

5. She sometimes does things on purpose just to annoy me.
她有時存心做些事來使我生氣.