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nag1/næɡ/ v. & n.●v. (nagged, nagging) 1a tr. annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging (因不断找茬或不停催促而)激怒；使(人)恼怒 b intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 at) find fault, complain, or urge, esp. persistently (尤指不断地)挑错；唠叨；催促 2 intr. (of a pain) ache dully but persistently (痛楚)持续地疼痛 3a tr. worry or preoccupy (a person, the mind, etc.) 使(人)烦恼；使(大脑等)集中精力 his mistake nagged him 错误使他烦恼 b intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 at) worry or gnaw 困扰；折磨 ●n. a persistently nagging person 爱唠叨的人 □ nagger n.□ naggingly adv.[of dialect, perhaps Scandinavian or Low German, origin: cf. Norwegian & Swedish nagga ‘gnaw, irritate’, Low German (g)naggen ‘provoke’] |