an·noy
verb/əˈnɔɪ/
/əˈnɔɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they annoy | /əˈnɔɪ/ /əˈnɔɪ/ |
| he / she / it annoys | /əˈnɔɪz/ /əˈnɔɪz/ |
| past simple annoyed | /əˈnɔɪd/ /əˈnɔɪd/ |
| past participle annoyed | /əˈnɔɪd/ /əˈnɔɪd/ |
| -ing form annoying | /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody slightly angry
使恼怒；使生气 - annoy somebody His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
他不停地开玩笑，已开始惹她生气。 - I’m sure she does it just to annoy me.
我确信她这样做只是为了惹恼我。 - I only stay out late to annoy my parents.
我在外面待到很晚只是为了气我的父母。 - it annoys somebody when… It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
有人连谢谢都忘记说时我确实感到不愉快。 - it annoys somebody to do something It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.
我看见他领先于我就心里不痛快。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- intensely
- really
- be beginning to
- be starting to
- do something just to annoy somebody
- do something only to annoy somebody
- annoy somebody His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
- annoy somebody to make somebody uncomfortable or unable to relax
打扰；骚扰 - He swatted a fly that was annoying him.
他猛力拍打一只搅得他心烦的苍蝇。 - The wasps were beginning to annoy me.
黄蜂开始惹得我心烦。
- He swatted a fly that was annoying him.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be hateful to’): from Old French anoier (verb), anoi (noun), based on Latin in odio in the phrase mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’.