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Annoy Annoyance Habit ə'Nɔɪ Baby Annoying Sister Pulling

Front annoy
Pron [ə'nɔɪ]
Back 【ANNOY】
The baby is always annoying his sister by pulling her hair.
这婴儿经常用拉他妹妹的头发来骚扰她。
【重点词汇】
annoy v. 骚扰 n. annoyance
Vocab
annoycause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

The verb annoy means to bother or irritate. Your habit of constantly talking about your cats might annoy your friends more than you realize.

When you annoy someone, you really rub them the wrong way. Often, the things that annoy people the most are those that are repeated again and again, like your habit of snorting every time you laugh or the screeching sound that your dishwasher makes day after day. Although the word annoy comes from the Latin phrase esse in odio, "it is hateful to me," its meaning now is less "hateful" and more "bothersome."

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