| 单词 | nuisance |
| 释义 | nuisance (once / 1144 pages) n Whether it’s a mosquito or your little brother pestering you about the laundry, you can use the word nuisance to describe something that causes small annoyances. The noun nuisance traces back to the Latin word nocere, meaning “to harm.” Nuisance originally was used to refer to things that could produce serious injury and harm, but over time the word lost some of its capacity for destruction. Nowadays you’ll hear nuisance used to describe things or people that cause small problems or that bother you in annoying but trivial ways. WORD FAMILYnuisance: nuisances USAGE EXAMPLESBut district officials said trapping one nuisance coyote may not solve the problem because other coyotes may still be attracted to the area. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Our media are being disregarded as facts are viewed as a nuisance to ignore. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Q. Attractive nuisance: My husband and I live in a small, tight-knit development full of families with young kids. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) 1n (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive Hypo|Hyper abatable nuisance a nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless) attractive nuisanceanything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm mixed nuisancea nuisance that is both a public nuisance and a private nuisance at the same time private nuisancea nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land common nuisance, public nuisancea nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness 2n a bothersome annoying person Syn|Hyper pain, pain in the neck disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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