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

• 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。
• I'm not one of those nosy landladies.
  我不是那些爱打听的房东。
• 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。
• This is gonna be uncomfortable enough without all you nosy sods listening in.
  少了你们当听众是够不舒服的。
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't want nosy reporters in the gym while I work out.
  我训练的时候不想让这些闹哄哄的记者在体育馆里。
• 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？
• When you ask for the caller's identity., you don't want to sound rude or nosy.
  当你在问道来电者身分时，你的口气确不应该听起来太粗鲁或是东问西问的。
• When she's just being plain nosy, she will keep her tail horizontal to the ground.
  如果她只是好奇，她的尾巴会跟地面保持水平。