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to keep complaining to somebody about their behaviour or keep asking them to do something 唠叨；不停地抱怨 Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了，我会尽快做的。 🔊🔊 - nag at somebody
You're always nagging at me. 你总是唠叨我 - nag somebody (to do something)
She had been nagging him to paint the fence. 她一直唠叨，要他把围栏油漆一下。 🔊🔊 - nag on about something
I do wish you'd stop nagging on about the garden. 我希望你不要再闲逛花园了。 - nag (away) at somebody (to do something)
For weeks his father had been nagging away at him to get a job. 几个星期以来，他的父亲一直唠叨着要找份工作。 - nag somebody about something
She constantly nagged her daughter about getting married. 她不断地哄骗女儿结婚。
Extra ExamplesShe had been nagging at him to have his hair cut. 她一直唠叨着要他理发。 The children kept nagging her to take them to the zoo. 孩子们不停地唠叨着要带她去动物园。 He nagged me until I wrote the letter and posted it off. 他咬我，直到我写信，并张贴它。 He's always nagging at her for wearing too much make-up. 他总是唠叨说她妆太浓了。 Mum's always nagging me about studying. 妈妈总是唠叨我学习的事。
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to worry you or cause you pain continuously 不断困扰；老使人烦恼 - nag at somebody
A feeling of unease nagged at her. 一种不安的感觉一直困扰着她。 🔊🔊 - nag somebody
Doubts nagged me all evening. 我一晚上都没有摆脱心中的疑虑。 🔊🔊 The pain came back and nagged at him. 疼痛又回来了，对他唠叨。
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Word Originverb early 19th cent. (originally dialect in the sense ‘gnaw’): perhaps of Scandinavian or Low German origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish nagga ‘gnaw, irritate’ and Low German (g)naggen ‘provoke’.