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

• I'm not nosy. I just saw the name.
  才不是，我只是看这名字很怪。
• 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。
• "I know I am being nosy, but I&" I said.
  “我知道我很好管闲事，但我。”我说。
• He has no patience with his nosy neighbors.
  他不能容忍他那些爱管事的邻居。
• No nosy neighbours straining their ears* then complaining.
  没有喧闹的邻居，竖着耳朵，整天抱怨。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。