a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance 讨厌的人(或东西、情况) an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance. 一个不讲道理的房东会讨人厌。 it's a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house. 我希望你不要让自己惹人厌。 ■(亦作 private nuisance)(Law)an unlawful interference with the use and enjoyment of land (律)安居烦扰行为,安居妨害行为 ■(Law)(律) 见 public nuisance
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'injury, hurt'): from Old French, hurt', from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere 'to harm'