学个词Learn a Word 第1078期 Nagging

今天我们要学的词是nagging¹。 Nagging, 唠叨个没完没了的，搅得人不得安宁的。"The tennis player decided² to take the season off to take care of his nagging shoulder injury," 这个网球选手决定赛季停赛，彻底治好一直纠缠他的肩伤。 "Ten years into marriage, she still has nagging doubts whether she married the right guy," 结婚十年，她还是不能确定自己是否嫁对了人。 "Despite studies, the nagging question remains³ as to whether cell phone use will cause brain cancer," 尽管有不少相关研究，但是用手机是否会引起脑癌的问题，依然存在疑问。好的，今天我们学习的词是nagging...

 

1 nagging   

adj.唠叨的，挑剔的；使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评（某人）( nag的现在分词 )；不断地烦扰或伤害（某人）；无休止地抱怨；不断指责

参考例句：

• Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
• I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。