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an·noy AHD[ə-noiʹ] D.J.[əˈnɔɪ]K.K.[əˈnɔɪ]v.（动词）an.noyed, an.noy.ing, an.noys v.tr.（及物动词）- To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts.使生气，使烦恼：用烦人的，通常是重复性的行为使（别人）生气
- To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.打搅，干扰，扰乱：用屡次的攻击使人厌烦或打扰
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To be annoying.招人讨厌，惹人烦恼
- Middle English anoien 中古英语 anoien
- from Old French anoier, ennuyer 源自 古法语 anoier, ennuyer
- from Vulgar Latin *inodiāre [to make odious] 源自 俗拉丁语 *inodiāre [招人讨厌]
- from Latin in odio [odious] 源自 拉丁语 in odio [可憎的，讨厌的]
- in [in] * see in- 2in [在…里] * 参见 in-2
- odiō [ablative of] odium [hatred] * see od- odiō odium的夺格 [憎恶] * 参见 od-
annoy, irritate, bother, irk, vex, provoke, aggravate, peeve, rile- These verbs mean to disturb or disquiet a person so as to evoke moderate anger.这些动词的意思是打搅或扰乱某人使之生气。
- Annoy refers to mild disturbance caused by an act that tries one's patience: Annoy 指用超过某人耐性的行为引起某人轻微的不安： The sound of footsteps on the bare floor annoyed the downstairs neighbors.楼上地板的脚步声吵得楼下住户心烦。
- Irritate is closely related but somewhat stronger: Irritate 词意思相近但程度上强一些： Your interruptions only serve to irritate the entire staff.你的打扰只能让全体职员都很不快。
- Bother implies troublesome imposition: Bother 表示烦人的干扰： Hasn't he bothered them enough with his phone calls?难道他的电话声对别人的干扰还不够吗？
- Irk connotes a wearisome quality: Irk 含有使人厌烦的性质： The city council's failure to take action on the legislation irked the community.市政局立法措施的失败引起了公众的不满。
- Vex applies to an act capable of arousing anger or perplexity: Vex 指一种足以引起别人生气或困惑的行为： Hecklers in the crowd asked irrelevant questions for the sole purpose of vexing the speaker.人群中的发问者们问了些不相干的问题，只是为了难住发言人。
- Provoke implies strong and often deliberate incitement to anger: Provoke 指强烈地故意煽动别人愤怒： Her behavior was enough to provoke an angel.她的行为足以让天使发怒。
- Aggravate is an approximate equivalent: Aggravate 意思与前面一个词基本相同： "Threats only served to aggravate people in such cases" (Thackeray). “这种情况下威胁不过是为了激怒人们” （萨克雷）。
- Peeve, somewhat informal in tone, suggests rather minor disturbance that produces a querulous, resentful response: Peeve 语气上有些非正式，指很小的干扰引起了牢骚的，怨恨的反应： The flippancy of your answer peeved me. To 你轻率的回答令我懊恼。至于
- rile is to upset one's equanimity and stir one up: rile 一词指使某人失去平静，煽动起某人： It riled me no end to listen to such lies. 这致使我没完没了地听这种谎话
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