"badger" in Chinese (Simplified)
獾糾纏 (比喻,用作动词)
Definition
“獾”是一种有灰毛和白色脸部条纹的小型穴居动物。作动词时,'to badger'指反复纠缠或烦扰某人以获得某物。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
名词 'badger' 主要用在动物学或野生动植物相关情境。动词 'to badger' 常用于非正式场合,意思是不断地烦人(如 'badger someone into doing something')。不要与“河狸(beaver)”混淆。动词用法比名词更常见。
Examples
The badger lives in underground tunnels called setts.
**獾**住在被称为巢穴的地下通道里。
He was badgered by reporters after the game.
他在比赛后被记者**纠缠**。
Stop badgering your sister about her homework.
别再**纠缠**你妹妹的作业了。
She finally agreed after I badgered her for days.
经过我**纠缠**了好几天,她终于同意了。
Don't let him badger you into doing something you don't want to do.
别让他**逼你**做你不想做的事。
My little brother loves to pretend he's a badger digging in the yard.
我弟弟喜欢假装自己是只在院子里挖洞的**獾**。