nuisance

nuisance
noun
  1. 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
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'injury, hurt'): from Old French, hurt', from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere 'to harm'
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