pesky
['peski]
adj.讨厌的, 烦人的
例句与用法:
A pesky mosquito.
讨厌的蚊子
词形变化:
副词: peskily | 形容词比较级: peskier | 形容词最高级: peskiest | 名词: peskiness |
a.
【美】【口】麻烦的; 讨厌的
pesky['peski]adj.1.■[美国口语]2.■烦恼的;麻烦的;讨厌的3.■可怕的;极端的;非常的变形adj.peskierpeskiest
peskypesky[ˈpeski]adj.1.■[美口]麻烦的, 讨厌的pesky weather讨厌的天气
继承用法peskilyadv.
词性变化peskinessn.
(peskier, peskiest)
- (informal)causing trouble; annoying
(非正式)麻烦的;恼人的
a pesky younger brother.
讨厌的弟弟。
peskily
adverb
peskiness
noun
语源
- late 18th cent.: perhaps related to pest
pesky
形容词 pesky:
causing irritation or annoyance
同义词:annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
pesky
■They're on the prowl at a handful of police stations, keeping pesky rodents in check.
牠们在少数几个警察局附近四处走动,吓阻讨厌的老鼠。
■"Some of these pesky ablative surfaces and hull features on the captive ships I've incorporated into mine have begun to break up under the stress of entry.
“我的船和俘虏船结合在一起了,可它那可恶的烧蚀层与外壳的一部分,经受不了大气进入的压力,已经开始剥落。
■A year ago Lucid announced the Hydra 100: a physical chip that could enable hardware multi-GPU without any pesky SLI/Crossfire software, game profiles or anything like that.
一年前,露西德宣布九头蛇100:一个物理芯片,能够使硬件的多GPU SLI技术没有任何讨厌/交火软件,游戏设定文件或类似的事情。
■Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel devices.
一旦我的权力巩固,我会摧毁所有令人厌恶的时光旅行机器。
■A pesky sprig of wildflowers grows through the asphalt on the side of the old Route 66.
一株长在旧66号路边沥青上的野花调皮的伸展着带叶枝丫。
■You've been in a tough situation since July, so this will be your first chance to get on top of those pesky bills, dear Gemini, and that has to be good news!
七月以来您的处境都觉得很困难而现在就是把臭臭长长的账单撕毁的机会了亲亲的双双们啊翻得我都激动了难道你们不哈皮么!
■unlike the federal government, they have the pesky obligation to balance their budgets.
不像联邦政府,他们有烦人的义务必须要平衡赤字。
■Such a deal would be easier to pull off between governments rather than with pesky independent shareholders. So buying them out makes sense.
与政府达成这种交易可比与恼人的独立股东容易多了。这就是回购股份的作用。
■China's new tax is canny. It cuts fuel use, reduces imports, benefits local carmakers and may help to improve air quality. It also prevents any more pesky calls from Geneva.
中国新税非常精明,降低了油耗,减少了进口,对本土汽车厂商有利而且提高了空气质量,它还避免了日内瓦方面的纠缠
■There are so many misconceptions about unschooling I thought I would devote an entire article to those pesky notions that plague all unschoolers at some point or another.
人们对非学校教育误解之多,我觉得我都可以就这些时不时折磨非学校教育者的烦人问题专门写篇文章。
■Somehow during Mercury retrograde we all find we have more time to get to those pesky things on our to-do list.
从某种程度上来讲,我们都发现我们有更多的时间来处理待办清单上的这些烦心事了。
■He's a runt (5-10, 165 pounds) who can't shoot (41.1 career FG%, including 13.4% on treys).Granted, he's a quick, pesky defender, so it's unfair to say he's totally one-dimensional.
他很矮(5尺10寸,165磅),投篮不行(职业生涯命中率为百分之41.1,其中三分球命中率更是为百分之13.4)。
■He's got to look like a wild man before he can scare those pesky, seed-guzzling, fruit-pecking crows.
他得让自己看起来像个野蛮人才能吓怕那些烦人的,爱吃粮食和啄食果子的乌鸦们。
■But in truth, he doesn't need to wait: He has already amassed the trappings of the office, without those pesky decisions.
但是说实话,他不需要等待了:他已经积攒了入驻(总统)办公室所需的制服,而不再需要那些麻烦审批手续了。
■L-cysteine can be a useful crystallization additive, but keep those pesky hexagonal plates in the back of your mind when working with L-cysteine.
但是,半胱氨酸是一种有效的添加剂,能带来明显的效果,不过需要铭记它的局限性。
■Just make sure you don’t become pesky .
但要确定自己不会变得惹人厌。
■As a longtime laptop user, I’ve gotten used to hearing the pesky whir of a hard drive when I switch tasks, so the peace and quiet was a weird thrill.
作为一个笔记本电脑的资深用户,我已经习惯了笔记本运行时硬盘的噪音,所以这种安静让我感觉非常怪异。
■Why didn't you kill her? Perhaps because she's your daughter? Did some pesky fatherly love get in your way?
你为什么不杀了她?或许就因为他是你女儿?那种无稽的父爱阻止了你的行动?
■These are the areas that may bring a few pesky problems.
你将面对一些恼人的小问题。
■Your family needs to know what measures you want taken, and you will experience much greater peace of mind by finalizing these pesky yet highly important details.
你的家人有必要知道你将采取什么样的措施,同时你也会因为处理好这些让你心烦但却至关重要的事情以后,生活无限宁静和欣慰。
■You have to beat the pesky demons and keep away from them as far as you can.
你要尽可能的发挥你的最大潜能去消灭这些可恶的魔鬼们。
■Using this, you can remove the "quest item" tag on those pesky quest items that never get removed from your inventory.
修改物品的“任务物品”标签。作用有二,一是可以丢弃你不想要的任务物品。
■This would probably have been the case in the French Revolution too, had the movies been invented in time for the likes of Robespierre to lop off the heads of pesky auteurs.
假如电影在罗伯斯比之流将讨厌的导演砍头的时代问世,法国大革命相关电影可能也会沦为相同的下场。
■In fact, I have to seriously study啦, but no power, prior to efforts to learn English for the college entrance examination, as well as those pesky science.
其实我有认真学啦,可是没有动力,以前为高考而努力学英语,还有那讨厌的理科。
■Analysts say the reclusive regime hankers after a “disciplined democracy” that keeps pesky dissidents out of power.
分析家说这个隐遁的政权极力追求一个能将棘手的持不同政见者排除在权力之外的“有纪律的民主”。
■That Pesky Discrete Logic JustWon'Go Away
分立逻辑器件何去何从
■Using tools and languages that will make the design as good as possible, the implementation will come later and will have as little of the pesky interference of fallible humans as possible.
利用那些能使设计尽可能好的工具和语言,以后实现时尽可能少地让易出错的人类干预。
■Gabby’s little sister Alex originally was very pesky and annoying, but as the actress went through a growth spurtthey made her character more mature and a bigger part of the cast.
加比的妹妹亚历克斯开始时很讨人厌,但是当演员有所成长之后,他们使她的性格变得更加成熟而且戏份也比以前有所增加。
■Consider it as a new, better way to send out those pesky e-mail newsletters except that THESE newsletters are handled automatically!
区别于那些垃圾通知邮件,它是全新的、更好的方式,因为”社区通讯”是能手动调整接收频率的!
■Kha-Beleth If you help me get rid of these pesky friends you brought along.
卡贝勒斯条件是你帮我除掉你带来的那帮惹事生非的朋友。
■She was then recast with a younger actress at which point the character became the pesky younger sister again.
后来换成一个年轻一点的演员之后,人物性格又变得讨人厌。
■Getting a steal, disrupting the other team's timing and rhythm, those little pesky things (really help).
哪怕是他一次抢断,就足以扰乱对方的进攻节奏,这些都是球队需要的。
■Therefore, the story goes, a development manager can save lots of money and aggravation, and can ship software sooner, by using one of these tools to replace some (or most) of those pesky testers.
因此,一位开发部经理很自然地用这些工具之一去替代一些(或很多)麻烦的测试人员,这样既省心又省钱,还能快速发布软件。
■In a study of what attracted mosquitoes to people, Butler said he work off a theory that they go for humans who provide the richest source of cholesterol and B vitamins, which the pesky insects need to live but do not produce themselves.
在一项关于什么吸引蚊子叮人的研究中,布特勒说他得出这样一条结论:蚊子爱找那些能提供丰富胆固醇和B族维生素的人,因为这些讨厌的昆虫需要这些物质而自己却不能生成。
■While she climbs the tree to enjoy her meal, he demonstrates that chivalry isn't dead by chasing off a pesky hyena.
在她爬到树上享用自己的美餐时,他通过赶跑了一只讨厌的土狼而展示骑士精神不会消亡。
■This zany counting book features Australia's creatures, from the title character to five pesky platypuses, and up to 14 slick seals. Ages 3-6.
在这本书中,作者用韵文的方式介绍了十四种澳洲不同的动物,同时也介绍了了1到14的数字说法,再配合生动的插画,全书看起来简单而生动。适合3岁以上儿童阅读。
■Her friend Vicky Yang is hunched over a borrowed laptop, downloading an e-mail from a pesky client on her cell phone.
她的朋友Vicky Yang正弯着腰从一台借来的手提电脑上下载一份客户发来的电子邮件,这位烦人的客户正在和她通电话。
■Her friend Vicky Yang is hunched over a borrowed laptop, downloading an e-mail from a pesky client on her cell phone
她的朋友vicky(小精子)正用一台借来的笔记本从手机上下载电子邮件。
■Without all that pesky ice in the way, the Arctic ocean would be completely open, creating a brand new trade route from the Atlantic to Asia.
如果没有那些讨厌的冰,北冰洋将会完全开放,在大西洋和亚洲之间创造出一条全新的贸易线路。
■It can catch those pesky errant codes before the claim gets out the door.
它可以赶上那些讨厌的错误行为前的债权失控的大门。
■Against Zerg, they are better suited against those pesky armored Roaches with the fast regen.
对虫族,他们更适合对付那些讨厌的装甲蟑螂的快速再生。
■Greeks fed up with their pesky neighbours, old flames, the government, or society in general can find release in a new Internet site that posts e-curses for free.
对邻居、旧情人、政府乃至整个社会感到不满的希腊人现在可以登陆一家新开设的专门网站免费发布“诅咒贴”,发泄自己的不满情绪。
■Broodling is Spawn Broodling. That pesky Queen ability.
就是皇后的"产卵"魔法。
■9.Liverpool, plagued by pigeons that pollute the city center with their droppings, is introducing a mechanical falcon which squawks and flaps its wings in hopes of scaring the pesky birds away.
市中心长期遭鸽粪污染的利物浦市,最近引进一种能够发出嘎嘎叫声,还能拍动翅膀的机械鹰,希望能把麻烦的鸽群吓跑。
■The FCC investigation, of course, is never mentioned in the press release (that would only invite more pesky questions from the FCC).
很难想象这两件事情之间没有关系。
■Help Farmer Jones shoot those pesky UFO's out of the sky before they steal the corn and the milk and scare Mrs.
快来帮琼斯先生赶走这些可恶的外星人吧!
■The quickest way to a man's heart really is through his stomach, because then you don't have to chop through that pesky rib cage.
想征服男人的心的确最好先征服他的胃,因为这样你就不需要弄碎那些烦人的肋骨。
■I’ve never heard of anybody using a condom to disinfect a toilet bowl or to get rid of pesky pet odors.
我从未听说过有人用避孕套去给抽水马桶消毒或者用它去除宠物身上的气味。
■Though it should come as no real surprise, the young stars are looking awfully grown-up as they grapple adult issues as well as try to get to grips with their own pesky hormones.
我们不应该为这些年轻演员们如此成熟的表现感到惊讶,他们把握住了饰演成人的特点,他们也试着控制住了他们躁动的荷尔蒙。
■We've taken out that pesky glass screen and carved the entire computer out of aluminum, for extra sturdiness.
我们已经采取了这讨厌的玻璃屏幕和全电脑雕刻出铝,额外的坚固。