1.Liverpool, plagued by pigeons that pollute the city center with their droppings, is introducing a mechanical falcon which squawks and flaps its wings in hopes of scaring the pesky birds away.
市中心长期遭鸽粪污染的利物浦市,最近引进一种能够发出嘎嘎叫声,还能拍动翅膀的机械鹰,希望能把麻烦的鸽群吓跑。
2.Those pesky people are really annoying.
那群讨厌鬼真叫人讨厌。
3.The Lakers finish off the season by facing a pesky Sacramento squad for the final time at home (3/15).
3月15日湖人队将在出场迎来这个赛季的最后一场常规赛——麻烦的国王队。
4.tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork; aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport; found it galling to have to ask permission; an irritating delay; nettlesome paperwork; a pesky mosquito; swarms of pestering gnats; a plaguey newfangled safety catch; a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him; a vexatious child; it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong.
用他的叉子在杯子上敲着令人讨厌的节奏;在机场附近飞机的噪音非常恼人;发现不得不去征求同意是件很恼人的事;令人头疼的耽搁;恼人的文书工作;讨厌的蚊子;挤满了令人讨厌的小虫子;讨厌的新式保险钩;一个讨厌的、固执的想法令他很生气;令人伤脑筋的小孩;令人恼火的是必须承认自己错了。
5.Birds boost tree height up to 33 percent by munching on pesky parasites that can literally suck the life out of the tall-growing plants, a new study shows.
根据一项新研究显示,鸟儿嚼食讨厌的寄生虫,可以促进树木的高度增加达33%,因为寄生虫会把树木的生命力吸食殆尽。
6.Those pesky salesmen always call at dinner time.
那些讨厌的推销员总是在吃晚饭的时候打电话。
7.Analysts say the reclusive regime hankers after a “disciplined democracy” that keeps pesky dissidents out of power.
分析家说这个隐遁的政权极力追求一个能将棘手的持不同政见者排除在权力之外的“有纪律的民主”。
8.Authoritarian countries like China, and even democratic ones with tough bureaucrats, like France or Japan, never gave much leeway to pesky locals.
而像中国这样的威权国家,以及如法国和日本这样的官僚势力强大的民主国家,从来不会给惹麻烦的地方政府留有多少余地。
9.Greeks fed up with their pesky neighbours, old flames, the government, or society in general can find release in a new Internet site that posts e-curses for free.
对邻居、旧情人、政府乃至整个社会感到不满的希腊人现在可以登陆一家新开设的专门网站免费发布“诅咒贴”,发泄自己的不满情绪。
10.In a study of what attracted mosquitoes to people, Butler said he work off a theory that they go for humans who provide the richest source of cholesterol and B vitamins, which the pesky insects need to live but do not produce themselves.
在一项关于什么吸引蚊子叮人的研究中,布特勒说他得出这样一条结论:蚊子爱找那些能提供丰富胆固醇和B族维生素的人,因为这些讨厌的昆虫需要这些物质而自己却不能生成。