nuisance
/ˈnjuːsəns/noun
1- a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance讨厌的人(或东西、情况):
an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance.
一个不讲道理的房东会讨人厌
I hope you're not going to make a nuisance of yourself.
我希望你不要让自己惹人厌。
1.1
- (亦作private nuisance)Law an unlawful interference with the use and enjoyment of land【律】骚扰行为; 妨害行为。
1.2
- Law【律】见PUBLIC NUISANCE.
词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'injury, hurt'): from Old French, 'hurt', from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere 'to harm'.