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词汇 harrying
释义 harrying
present participle ofharry
harry
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ˈhær.i/ us /ˈher.i/
to repeatedly demand something from someone, often causing them to feel worried or angry: 不断索要;不断烦扰
She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions.她写信、组织请愿,不断烦扰当局。
Synonym
hassle
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Giving orders & commands

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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


That would not be harrying or harassing, would it?
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Sometimes a movement is imposed upon them by people pushing them away and harrying them about.
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It is no use villifying them, smearing them, harrying them, threatening them and, finally, expropriating them.
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They are perpetually harrying them and asking that they should put it through, and driving them.
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The question of harrying or embarrassing has nothing to do with a point of order.
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They feel they could do with a little less chasing and harrying.
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It certainly is a kind of harrying, which appears in every way objectionable.
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Why you should go on harrying men whose lives for more than twelve months have been made a burden to them?
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In that speech it was announced that harrying was to be carried on.
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You are not solving the problem simply by making the lot of the people a harder one by harrying them from pillar to post.
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I turn to the history of harrying and persecution.
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We have heard about the harrying problem of livestock worrying and of sheep being attacked.
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As it was, our light mobile naval and air forces were harrying his shipping and inflicting losses.
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Harrying the careful drinker will do no good.
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At the same time they are continually harrying us to increase public spending in specific areas.
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