annoy: [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō, literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ (odiō was the ablative sense of odium, from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin – inodiāre ‘make loathsome’ – which transferred to Old French as anuier or anoier (in modern French this has become ennuyer, whose noun ennui was borrowed into English in the mid 18th century in the sense ‘boredom’). => ennui, noisome, odious
annoy (v.)
late 13c., from Anglo-French anuier, Old French enoiier, anuier "to weary, vex, anger; be troublesome or irksome to," from Late Latin inodiare "make loathsome," from Latin (esse) in odio "(it is to me) hateful," ablative of odium "hatred" (see odium). Earliest form of the word in English was as a noun, c. 1200, "feeling of irritation, displeasure, distaste." Related: Annoyed; annoying; annoyingly. Middle English also had annoyful and annoyous (both late 14c.).
实用例句
1. As the years went by his nastiness began to annoy his readers.
年深日久，他恶毒的文字开始让读者生厌。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Try making a note of the things which annoy you.
试着把烦心事写下来。
来自柯林斯例句
3. His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
他不停地开玩笑，已开始惹她生气。
来自《权威词典》
4. If you annoy me much more, I'll box your ears.
如果你再打扰我, 我将打你耳光.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. She sometimes does things on purpose just to annoy me.
