"nosey" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 愛打聽的
• 愛管閒事的

Definition

形容喜歡打聽別人私事，經常讓人覺得煩人或不受歡迎的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“nosey” 是非正式、帶有負面意味的詞，常指愛管閒事的人。常見用法：“nosey neighbor（多事的鄰居）”、“don't be so nosey（別那麼八卦）”。“nosy”也是正確拼法。

Examples

My little brother is very nosey. He always asks about my phone calls.

我弟弟很**愛打聽**，總是問我的電話內容。

That nosey neighbor is watching us again.

那個**愛管閒事的**鄰居又在看我們了。

Please don't be so nosey about other people's problems.

請不要對別人的問題那麼**愛打聽**。

Jessica's always been a bit nosey—she can't resist peeking at everyone's messages.

潔西卡一直有點**愛管閒事**，總是忍不住偷看別人的訊息。

"Wow, you're really nosey!" he laughed when I asked about his mystery trip.

「哇，你真的很**愛打聽**耶！」我問他神祕旅行時，他笑著說。

Some people find it hard not to be nosey when gossip starts.

有些人在閒話開啟時很難不變得**愛打聽**。