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Badger Animal   [V Repeatedly N Ed Bædʒə(R N.獾,獾皮毛

英语单词 badger
英美音标 ['bædʒə(r)]
中文释义 n.獾,獾皮毛
vt.迫使(某人吐露实话),诱使(某人暴露自己)
vocabulary简明 Badger is to bother. Persistently. On and on. Without stop. Relentlessly. Over and over. Endlessly. It comes from the name of that chipmunk-like animal that burrows into the ground.
vocabulary扩展 If you badger someone, you get under their skin. A badger is an animal that digs tunnels under ground to keep warm. To badger can also mean to persuade someone through constant annoying efforts. You might badger your mom to add another hour to your curfew or badger your friend to give you a turn with a video game he has been hogging.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词] A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
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    [VERB 动词]纠缠;烦扰;对…软磨硬泡 If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
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    • She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something...

      她屡屡缠着她的医生不放,求他做点什么。

    • They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...

      他们不停地给我打电话、写信,软磨硬泡要我回去。

    • Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife.

      理查德的母亲磨破嘴皮子,终于说服他娶了个西班牙太太。

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