annoy
verb [ T ] uk/əˈnɔɪ/ us/əˈnɔɪ/
B1 烦扰;打搅;使烦恼
to make someone angry
Tina really annoyed me in the meeting this morning. 在今天上午的会上，蒂娜真是把我气坏了。
I'm sorry - is my cough annoying you? 对不起，我咳嗽打扰你了吧？
[ + that ] It annoys me that she just expects us to help. 她只是眼巴巴地盼着我们去帮她，我真是气得慌。
It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant. 在饭店里，付了服务费后他们还想要小费，这很让我恼火。
Synonyms: bother irritatenark (ANNOY) nettle rile vex
- More examples
- I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy you.
- It really annoys me when people push in front of me like that.
- They were afraid to complain about the noise in case they annoyed the neighbours.
- The film portrayed the artist as a complete drunk, which has annoyed a lot of people.
- After a while her coughing really began to annoy me.