nui·sance
noun/ˈnjuːsns/
/ˈnuːsns/
- [countable, usually singular] a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems
麻烦事；讨厌的人（或东西） - I don't want to be a nuisance so tell me if you want to be alone.
我不想讨人嫌，你要是想一个人待着就说一声。 - I hope you're not making a nuisance of yourself.
我希望你没有讨人嫌。 - It's a nuisance having to go back tomorrow.
明天不得不回去，真烦人。 - What a nuisance!
真麻烦！
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day.
房子里整天都有建筑工人在，真讨厌。 - This new system is nothing but a nuisance.
这个新系统只不过是一个麻烦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- minor
- …
- nuisance to
- make a nuisance of yourself
- I don't want to be a nuisance so tell me if you want to be alone.
- [countable, uncountable] (law) behaviour by somebody that annoys other people and that a court can order the person to stop
妨害行为 - He was charged with causing a public nuisance.
他被控妨害公共利益罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- minor
- …
- nuisance to
- make a nuisance of yourself
- He was charged with causing a public nuisance.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt’): from Old French, ‘hurt’, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm’.