chivvy是什么意思？

chivvy

英[ˈtʃɪvi] 美[ˈtʃɪvi]

• v. （使）烦扰，耍花招；

过去式：chivvied;

过去分词：chivvied;

现在分词：chivvying;

第三人称单数：chivvies;

例句

• Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!... 热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下!
• We'll have to chivvy the children up about their school work. 我们得反复向孩子们就他们的学业方面提出要求.
• I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat. 我要钻进你的地洞里去,象赶一只老鼬鼠一般把你赶出来.
• Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat! 热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下!

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  一再要求;不断催促
  If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do.
  例句
  Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!... 热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下! He chivvies the troops along with a few well-directed words. 他通过几句有针对性的话不断督促着队伍。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. annoy continually or chronically;
  "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked""This man harasses his female co-workers"