nuisance
/ˈnjuːsns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈnuːsns/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnü-sᵊn(t)s ˈnyü-/ (ame, mw)
nuisance — 名詞
- nuisancesingular
- nuisancesplural
1. a person, thing, or situation that troubles or irritates you, often because it c
麻煩事；討厭
令人煩惱或造成不便的人事物
a person, thing, or situation that troubles or irritates you, often because it creates extra work or stops you from doing what you want
The noise from the construction site became a real nuisance for everyone in the building.
建築工地持續傳來的噪音，已經成了這棟大樓裡每個人的一大麻煩。
collocation: real nuisance
Flies and mosquitoes are a terrible nuisance during the summer months near the lake.
夏天在湖邊，蒼蠅和蚊子真是討厭極了。
countable noun: a nuisance
The lost paperwork caused a huge nuisance for the whole accounting team.
那份遺失的文件給整個會計團隊造成了極大的困擾。
It is a nuisance when the train is delayed and you wait on the platform.
火車誤點時，你只能在月台上乾等，真的很煩人。
The neighbor's barking dog was such a nuisance that several people on the street complained.
鄰居的狗一直叫，吵得街上好幾戶人家都去投訴。
- annoyance
slightly weaker; a minor bother rather than an ongoing problem
- inconvenience
focuses on the extra effort or delay caused, not on irritation
- pest
informal and more personal; often used for people who are repeatedly bothersome
- blessing
something welcome and helpful, the opposite of a troublesome thing
文法句型
nuisance + to/for + noun phrase
用法筆記
Countable but most often used in the singular: 'a nuisance'. Frequently appears in the pattern 'It is a nuisance + when-clause / to-infinitive'.
常見錯誤
2. behaviour that bothers other people in an ongoing or repeated way, especially wh
滋擾
持續打擾他人、可能引發投訴的行為
behaviour that bothers other people in an ongoing or repeated way, especially when it could lead to a formal complaint or legal action
A guest drank too much and made a nuisance of himself at the wedding reception.
一名客人喝太多了，在婚禮會場上大吵大鬧，惹人討厭。
fixed phrase: make a nuisance of + reflexive pronoun
Guests who make a nuisance of themselves will be asked to leave the hotel immediately.
如果有客人一直製造麻煩，飯店會要求他們立刻離開。
The landlord warned the tenant not to make a nuisance of herself with loud music.
房東警告房客，不要大聲播放音樂打擾別人。
Complaints about a neighbour making a nuisance of himself can lead to legal action.
如果鄰居一再擾鄰而引發多次投訴，最後可能導致法律訴訟。
- cause trouble
more general and less formal; does not carry the same legal implication
文法句型
make a nuisance of + reflexive pronoun
用法筆記
This sense is almost entirely restricted to the fixed expression 'make a nuisance of yourself / oneself'. The expression is often used in warnings, complaints, or written rules. Outside this phrase, the legal sense appears in the compound term 'public nuisance'.