pester

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pes·ter [pester pesters pestered pestering] BrE [ˈpestə(r)] NAmE [ˈpestər] verb transitive, intransitive
to annoy sb, especially by asking them sth many times
Syn: ↑badger
•~ sb for sth Journalists pestered neighbours for information.
•~ sb with sth He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week.
•~ sb/sth The horses were continually pestered by flies.
•~ (sb to do sth) The kids kept pestering me to read to them.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘overcrowd (a place)’ and ‘impede (a person)’): from French empestrer ‘encumber’, influenced by ↑pest. The current sense is an extension of an earlier use, ‘infest’, referring to vermin.

Example Bank:
•They kept pestering him for his autograph.
•He has been pestering her with phone calls for a week.
•I knew he would keep pestering until he got an answer.
•She would pester him until she got exactly what she wanted.
•Stop pestering!
•The kids kept pestering me to buy them ice creams.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tease, badger, bug, beleaguer