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单词 annoying
释义
annoyingan‧noy‧ing /əˈnɔɪ-ɪŋ/ ●●● S2 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Computerized telephone sales calls are really annoying.
  • Corey is the most annoying little kid I've ever met.
  • Jason is one of the most annoying people I have ever met.
  • Just as I stepped into the shower the phone rang. It was so annoying.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • His most annoying habit is that he's always on show.
  • His veto on our drinking after the meal was annoying.
  • I knew she doesn't like his music so I thought she was just trying to be annoying.
  • It's very annoying to be faced every week with magazines introducing new slimming diets.
  • It is always so annoying when one has made a particular effort to check a point and something still goes wrong.
  • This can be annoying sometimes because jobs that would only take a little while can often take a lot longer.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormaking you angry
· Jason is one of the most annoying people I have ever met.· Just as I stepped into the shower the phone rang. It was so annoying.
annoying, especially because something keeps happening that makes you a little angry: · Sammy has an irritating habit of leaving the refrigerator door open while he's fixing something to eat.· It's so irritating how Ellen always tries to finish people's sentences for them.
also maddening especially British making you very angry and impatient: · Jill's attitude towards the people who work under her is infuriating.· I can't believe she's been reading our mail. How infuriating!
also be a pain in the ass/butt especially American informal to be very annoying. Be a pain in the ass/butt are impolite expressions: · It's such a pain in the neck to have to drive downtown every day.· Bobby's being a real pain in the butt today. I wish he'd just go home.
informal used when you are talking about something that makes you feel very annoyed or impatient, for example because it does not work properly: · I have to stay late and finish this stupid report.· The stupid gate won't open properly.
a situation that is frustrating is annoying and makes you feel very impatient by making it impossible for you to do what you want: · It's so frustrating when you're in a hurry and the traffic isn't moving.· Learning a new language can be a frustrating experience.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 It’s annoying that we didn’t know about this before.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· He had the unpleasant habit of eating with his mouth open.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece.· He was the most annoying man.· I do hope you can help with a most annoying problem that recurs occasionally to my 86 inch Series One.· His most annoying habit is that he's always on show.
making you feel slightly angry SYN  irritating:  an annoying habit of interrupting The annoying thing is he’s usually right. It’s annoying that we didn’t know about this before.annoyingly adverb
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