陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

distracted/ encroachment/ harass/ infringe/ irksome/ molest/ nag/ obsessed/ perturb/ pester/ plague/ trespass on/ vex

1. 「煩擾」、「擾亂」某人（使其不安）用perturb（正式），假如是「以瑣事煩擾」，用vex，要是「一再煩擾」（糾纏），用harass、nag、pester或plague：

•I am afraid this news will perturb him.

•Nothing vexes him more than her constant criticism.

•She used to harass her husband by her continual demands for fine attire.

•The husband was told to stop nagging her over nothing.

•The child pestered his father with too many silly questions.

•My daughter has been pestering me to take her to the zoo.

•The poor children pestered the tourists for money.

•Please stop plaguing him with matters that are not urgent at all.

2. 對婦女或小孩施以性方面的「侵犯」、「騷擾」叫molest，侵犯他人權益用infringe，侵入私人或禁止進入的區域用trespass on，侵入或侵擾的行動可用encroachment：

•He was specifically warned by the court not to molest his former wife.

•Don't infringe upon others' rights.

•The landlord warned the hunters not to trespass on his land.

•The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.

•The new censorship law is a serious encroachment on freedom of speech.

3. 指事情「煩人的」、「惱人的」可用irksome，指人「為…所困擾的」 用obsessed，人「心不在焉的」、「分心的」、「心煩意亂的」用distracted：

•The male chauvinist looked upon dish-washing as an irksome task.

•To some students, exams are very irksome.

•The patient was obsessed by the fear of operation.

•She is obsessed by the thought of another big fire/ the desire to become a great dancer.

•The noise drove him distracted.

•He gave me a distracted look and ran out of the room.