aggravator
/ˈa-grə-ˌvā-tər/ (ame, mw)
aggravator — 名詞
1. a person who repeatedly does things that irritate or annoy other people, often m
惹人厭者
反覆惹惱別人的人
a person who repeatedly does things that irritate or annoy other people, often making a difficult situation even worse than it already was
Javier gained a reputation as the office aggravator, always bringing up upsetting topics in meetings.
Javier 在會議上老是提起讓同事不高興的話題，從此得了個辦公室惹人厭者的名聲。
reputation as + [article] + aggravator + setting
Wei's younger brother was such an aggravator at dinners that relatives avoided sitting near him.
Wei 的弟弟在聚餐時實在太會惹人厭，親戚們都刻意避開他坐。
The upstairs tenant is a relentless aggravator who plays loud music until dawn despite complaints.
樓上的房客是個不折不扣的惹人厭者，屢經投訴仍每天大聲放音樂直到天亮。
Fatima ignored the aggravator on the bus who kept making rude remarks about other passengers.
Fatima 不理會公車上那個惹人厭的傢伙，那人一直對其他乘客說粗魯的話。
Neighbors called the landlord an aggravator who refused to fix broken pipes and blamed the tenants.
鄰居們說那位房東是個惹人厭的傢伙，水管壞了不修，還反過來怪房客。
- annoyance
more general; can describe both people and things (a noisy fan is an annoyance, not an aggravator)
- irritant
often has a physical or medical connotation; can also apply to a person but is less personal
- nuisance
slightly more formal; implies behaviour that interferes with others' rights or comfort
- pest
informal; suggests persistent but minor irritation, like an annoying child or insect
- peacemaker
someone who calms conflicts rather than making them worse
文法句型
the [adjective] aggravator
[determiner] aggravator + prepositional phrase
用法筆記
Frequently paired with an adjective or noun modifier that specifies the context of the irritating behaviour ('the office aggravator', 'a relentless aggravator'). Less common in formal writing than the verb 'aggravate'.