nuisance
US: /ˈnusəns/
UK: /njˈuːsəns/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
nuisance /'nju:sns/- danh từ
- mối gây thiệt hại, mối gây khó chịu, mối làm phiền toái, mối làm rầy, mối làm phiền
- he is a nuisance: thằng cha hay làm phiền, thằng cha hay quấy rầy
- to make oneself a nuisance to somebody: quấy rầy ai, làm phiền ai
- commit no nuisance: cấm đổ rác, cấm phóng uế (yết thị)
- what a nuisance!: thật phiền!, thật rầy rà!, thật khó chịu!
- mối gây thiệt hại, mối gây khó chịu, mối làm phiền toái, mối làm rầy, mối làm phiền
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C, usually sing.] a thing, person or situation that is annoying or causes trouble or problems: I don't want to be a nuisance so tell me if you want to be alone. + I hope you're not making a nuisance of yourself. + It's a nuisance having to go back tomorrow. + What a nuisance!
2 [C, U] (law) behaviour by sb that annoys other people and that a court of law can order the person to stop: He was charged with causing a public nuisance.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 annoyance, inconvenience, trial, ordeal, burden, irritation, irritant, thorn in the flesh or side, difficulty, bother, US bur under the saddle, Colloq pain (in the neck or rear), headache, hassle, Slang US and Canadian pain in the butt, Taboo Slang pain in the Brit arse, or US ass:
Having to paint the room again was a terrible nuisance.
2 bore, pest, nag, tease, tormentor or tormenter:
James has made a nuisance of himself by telephoning every fifteen minutes.
Collocation
ADJ.
great | awful, bloody
(taboo),
confounded, damned
It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day.
| private, public, statutory
(all law) He was charged with committing a public nuisance.
PREP.
~ to
I don't want to be a nuisance to you.
PHRASES
make a nuisance of yourself
Concise dictionary
nuisances'nuːsns /'nju-noun
+(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
+a bothersome annoying person
