| 词汇 | plaguing |
| 释义 | plaguing present participle ofplague plague verb[ T ] uk /pleɪɡ/ us /pleɪɡ/ C2 to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time: 不断困扰;折磨;使受煎熬 Financial problems have been plaguing their new business partners.财政问题一直困扰着他们的新商业合作伙伴。 My shoulder's been plaguing me all week.我的肩膀整个星期都很难受。 to annoy someone, especially by asking repeated questions: （尤指因不停提问而）使烦恼，打搅 The children plagued him with questions all through lunch.吃午饭时孩子们不停地问他问题，使他很烦。 He's been plaguing me for a loan of the book.他总是缠着我向我借那本书。 Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off harass joke nark nose rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom set someone's teeth on edgeidiom step/tread on someone's toesidiom tit Examples of plaguingplaguing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Another intriguing question plaguing all impact studies is whether they should be modeling the world or just individual countries. It is an affliction plaguing the whole of the industrialised world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Knowing him to be a truthful person, it has been plaguing me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The plaguing of trade between them by varying currencies is a misfortune but much must happen before we achieve monetary union. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have nothing else to do apart from wrecking the national economy and plaguing those less well off than themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the main reason for the constitutional problems that are plaguing us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the most unaccept- able social canker plaguing our society today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may have been plaguing the life out of his councillors, quite rightly, for years to get him out of that accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This matter has been plaguing me for some months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These have been plaguing political debate and making it more meaningless than constructive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Basically, they want to coordinate in the face of the crisis plaguing the capitalist system and leading to huge unemployment, poverty and exclusion. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This will take all the weight and all the traffic now plaguing the city centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot do it without creating these extremely complex problems which have been plaguing us today and which will go on plaguing subsequent legislatures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been plaguing the industry from day to day, month to month, and year to year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we can provide better facilities for lorry drivers, we shall solve some of the problems which are plaguing towns and villages throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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