nosy

英 [ˈnəʊzi]

美 [ˈnoʊzi]

adj.  好管闲事的; 爱打听的

BNC.26568 / COCA.20011

牛津词典

adj.

• 好管闲事的；爱打听的
  too interested in things that do not concern you, especially other people's affairs
  1. nosy neighbours
     好管闲事的邻居
  2. Don't be so nosy─it's none of your business.
     别管那么多闲事——这与你无关。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 爱管闲事的;喜欢打听的;八卦的
  If you describe someone asnosy, you mean that they are interested in things which do not concern them.
  1. He was having to whisper in order to avoid being overheard by their nosy neighbours...
     他不得不小声说，免得被爱管闲事的邻居们听到。
  2. I agree that the press is often too nosy about a candidate's personal history.
     的确，媒体常常过分关注候选人的个人经历。

英英释义

adj

• offensively curious or inquisitive
  1. curious about the neighbor's doings
  2. he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
  3. prying eyes
  4. the snoopy neighbor watched us all day
  Synonym:noseypryingsnoopy

双语例句

• Lee is really nosy. He's always asking about everybody's love life.
  李很八卦，总是打听别人的感情生活。
• And like most nosy neighbors.
  和其他八卦的邻居一样。
• Don't be nosy about their private life, their incomes and expenditure, or their ages.
  不要打听他们的私生活，他们的收入和消费或他们的年龄。
• And if they can do it, why couldn't your nosy neighbor?
  如果他们能这麽做，你那好管闲事的邻居又何尝不可？
• Tai Chi Tai Chi and nosy combination of a tabloid map, it was later used by Taoism.
  太极和八卦组合成了太极八卦图，它又为以后的道教所利用。
• However, if the questioner is just a nosy busybody, say that the minute you said your wedding vows, you considered yourselves a family.
  然而，如果只是一个爱管闲事的人问的，就说你在结婚誓言里面已经说过了，你们已经是一家人了。
• Being a nosy person, she wants to know everything about everything.
  她是一位好管闲事的人，她要知道所有一切的一切。
• He is nosy about my business.
  他爱探听我的事。
• Our nosy neighbours are always looking in through our windows.
  好管闲事的邻居总是从我们的窗口望进来。
• He has no patience with his nosy neighbors.
  他不能容忍他那些爱管事的邻居。