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nuisance

noun
🔊/ˈnjuːsns/
🔊/ˈnuːsns/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems麻烦事；讨厌的人（或东西）
    • I don't want to be a nuisance so tell me if you want to be alone.我不想讨人嫌，你要是想一个人待着就说一声。🔊🔊
    • I hope you're not making a nuisance of yourself.我希望你没有讨人嫌。🔊🔊
    • It's a nuisance having to go back tomorrow.明天不得不回去，真烦人。🔊🔊
    • What a nuisance!真麻烦！🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day.房子里整天都有建筑工人在，真讨厌。
    • This new system is nothing but a nuisance.这个新系统不过是令人讨厌的事情。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • real
    • minor
    • …
    preposition
    • nuisance to
    phrases
    • make a nuisance of yourself
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  2. [countable, uncountable] (law法律) behaviour by somebody that annoys other people and that a court can order the person to stop妨害行为
    • He was charged with causing a public nuisance.他被控妨害公共利益罪。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • real
    • minor
    • …
    preposition
    • nuisance to
    phrases
    • make a nuisance of yourself
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt’): from Old French, ‘hurt’, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm’.