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"keep harping on" in Chinese (Traditional)

老是嘮叨不停說

Definition

不停地、令人厌烦地談論同一件事,尤其是別人希望你停止時。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式,有些批评意味。常和“总是/不停”等搭配,多用于抱怨或令人厌烦的话题。不用于新的或正面的信息。

Examples

She keeps harping on her bad experience at the dentist.

她總是**老是嘮叨**在牙醫那裡的不愉快經歷。

Don't keep harping on that mistake. It's over.

別**老是嘮叨**那個錯誤了,都過去了。

My dad kept harping on my messy room until I finally cleaned it.

我爸**老是嘮叨**我房間亂,直到我終於打掃了。

If you keep harping on your complaints, no one will want to help.

如果你**老是嘮叨**你的抱怨,沒有人會想幫你。

He wishes his mom would stop harping on about his grades.

他真希望媽媽別再**老是嘮叨**他的成績了。

Sorry, I didn't mean to keep harping on—I just worry sometimes.

對不起,我不是故意要**一直嘮叨**,只是有時候會擔心。