剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - nag collapse

nag
/næg/
verb [I or T] (-gg-)
* to criticize or complain often in an annoying way
不断批评（或抱怨）；跟…纠缠不休；唠叨

1. [+ obj + to infinitive] My mum's always nagging me to get my hair cut.
我妈妈总是唠叨着要我去理发。

2. If she'd only stop nagging at me, I might actually help.
如果她不是对我纠缠不休，我或许真的帮忙了。

3. I'm always nagging him about his diet.
我总是批评他的饮食。

/næg/
verb [I or T] (-gg-)
phrasal verb nag (away) at sb
* If doubts or worries nag (away) at you, you think about them all the time
（疑虑或担心）不断困扰，不断烦扰（某人）

1. The same thought has been nagging away at me since last week.
自从上周开始，同样的想法就一直困扰着我。

/næg/
noun [C]
old use
* a horse, especially one that is too old to be useful
马；（尤指）老马，驽马

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1.VERB 动词纠缠不休;唠叨 If someone nags you, they keep asking you to do something you have not done yet or do not want to do.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V n to-inf

【语法信息】：V n about n

【语法信息】：V n into -ing

【语法信息】：Also V

【语用信息】：disapproval

  • The more Sarah nagged her, the more stubborn Cissie became...

    萨拉越对茜茜唠叨，茜茜越是固执。

  • My girlfriend nagged me to cut my hair...

    我女朋友老是念叨着让我去理发。

  • She had stopped nagging him about never being home.

    她不再不停地指责他总不在家了。

  • ...children nagging their parents into buying things.

    一直吵着让父母买东西的孩子们

  • A nag is someone who nags.不断指责的人;唠叨的人

    • Aunt Molly is a nag about regular meals.

      莫莉姨妈是一日三餐都挑三拣四的人。

nagging

  • Her endless nagging drove him away from home.

    她无休止的唠叨抱怨逼得他离家出走了。

2.VERB 动词不断困扰;使不得安宁 If something such as a doubt or worry nags at you, or nags you, it keeps worrying you.

【语法信息】：V at n

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V

  • He could be wrong about her. The feeling nagged at him.

    他可能冤枉她了，这种感觉让他备受折磨。

  • ...the anxiety that had nagged Amy all through lunch...

    整个午餐期间一直折磨着埃米的焦虑心情

  • Something was nagging in the back of his mind.

    潜意识里有种让他不安的东西。

3.N-COUNT 可数名词马 People sometimes refer to a horse as a nag .

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - nag collapse

    nag
    nag / nA^ / verb (-gg-) ~ (at sb)
    1. to keep complaining to sb about their behaviour or keep asking them to do sth
       唠叨；不停地抱怨
       SYN  pester :
      ▪ [V]
       Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can.
       别唠叨了——我会尽快做的。
      ▪ [VN to inf]
       She had been nagging him to paint the fence.
       她一直唠叨,要他把围栏油漆一下。
      ▪ [also VN]
    2. to worry or irritate you continuously
       不断困扰；老使人烦恼:
      ▪ [V]
       A feeling of unease nagged at her.
       一种不安的感觉一直困扰着她。
      ▪ [VN]
       Doubts nagged me all evening.
       我一晚上都没有摆脱心中的疑虑。 noun   (old-fashioned, informal) a horse
       马

    牛津英语同义词学习词典 - nag collapse

    nag verb
    ⇨ harass

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - nag collapse

    nag1

    verb
    1 I don't want to nag you but you really should eat something
    HARASS , keep on at, go on at, harp on at, badger, keep after, give someone a hard time, get on someone's back, persecute, chivvy, hound, harry, bully, pick on, criticize, find fault with, keep complaining to, moan (on) at, grumble at, henpeck, carp at, scold, upbraid, berate; informal hassle; N. Amer. informal ride; Austral. informal heavy.

    2 one question has been nagging me for weeks
    TROUBLE , worry, bother, plague, torment, niggle, prey on one's mind, gnaw at, hang over, haunt, weigh down, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, burden, cause anxiety to; annoy, irritate, vex, irk, rankle with; N. English mither; informal bug, aggravate.

    noun
    she's such a nag
    SHREW , nagger, harpy, termagant, harridan; complainer, moaner, grumbler, fault-finder, carper, caviller; N. Amer. informal kvetch; archaic scold.

    nag2

    noun
    she can ride any old nag and get the best out of it
    WORN-OUT HORSE , old horse, hack, Rosinante; informal bag of bones; N. Amer. informal plug, crowbait; Austral./NZ informal moke; Brit. informal, dated screw; archaic jade, rip, keffel.

    词源记忆 - nag collapse

    nag 抱怨
    来自Proto-Germanic→*gnagan, 咬，词源同gnaw, 最终来自咬牙的声音。引申词义抱怨，牢骚。