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单词 harass
释义
harasshar‧ass /ˈhærəs, həˈræs/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINharass
Origin:
1600-1700 French harasser, from harer ‘to set a dog on’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
harass
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyharass
he, she, itharasses
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyharassed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave harassed
he, she, ithas harassed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad harassed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill harass
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have harassed
Continuous Form
PresentIam harassing
he, she, itis harassing
you, we, theyare harassing
PastI, he, she, itwas harassing
you, we, theywere harassing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been harassing
he, she, ithas been harassing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been harassing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be harassing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been harassing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Black teenagers are being constantly harassed by the police.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As a result Beaumaris have raised their current points total to 53 as they harass the leaders Llanfairpwll who are on 54.
  • Billing agencies harass poor people for the payment of the bills for purchases that might have taken place six months before.
  • Moreover, Max is being harassed at school by a gang of thugs, carefully drawn as a multiethnic crew.
  • Or stroll up to one of the distinctive sentry boxes, aligned so defenders could harass would-be invaders with a withering cross-fire.
  • Over the following weeks, Portadown loyalists harassed the police in retaliation for what they claimed was police persecution.
  • The enemy did not harass us much while we were constructing our batteries.
  • The Rover closed right up, blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=harass someone because of their sex or race) One woman claimed that she had been sexually harassed by a male manager.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· But claims that he sexually harassed her on a trip to Cannes were rejected.· A Pentagon survey of 90, 000 soldiers last year found six in 10 claimed to have been sexually harassed.· Or: Your boss and fellow workers constantly tell offensive jokes and you have been sexually harassed.· On Okinawa, however, two-thirds of the 20 military women Fowler interviewed said they had been sexually harassed.· The employees said he also sexually harassed Ernestine Anoma, an assistant to the director.
NOUN
· She continued to receive harassing phone calls and threatening letters.· Sheffield received harassing phone calls most of last season.· He says his proposals have earned him harassing late-night phone calls.
VERB
· They asked for more, repeatedly, and continued to harass and threaten her.· She continued to receive harassing phone calls and threatening letters.· He succeeded on lap 17 and immediately closed on Mansell who, in turn, was continuing to harass Prost.· Isolated rebel bands continue to harass government troops in the hills.· He had told her that if she continued to harass him he would call the police.
1to make someone’s life unpleasant, for example by frequently saying offensive things to them or threatening them:  A number of black youths have complained of being harassed by the police.sexually/racially harass somebody (=harass someone because of their sex or race) One woman claimed that she had been sexually harassed by a male manager.2to keep attacking an enemy again and again
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