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

• 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。
• And like most nosy neighbors.
  和其他八卦的邻居一样。
• However, if the questioner is just a nosy busybody, say that the minute you said your wedding vows, you considered yourselves a family.
  然而，如果只是一个爱管闲事的人问的，就说你在结婚誓言里面已经说过了，你们已经是一家人了。
• He is nosy about my business.
  他爱探听我的事。
• He has no patience with his nosy neighbors.
  他不能容忍他那些爱管事的邻居。
• 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。
• When you ask for the caller's identity., you don't want to sound rude or nosy.
  当你在问道来电者身分时，你的口气确不应该听起来太粗鲁或是东问西问的。
• 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。
• I try to respect people's privacy unless I have to be nosy.
  不到万不得已我才会去管点闲事，一般我还是很尊重他人的隐私的。
• This question about money is quite common, even though it is considered rude and nosy to ask.
  尽管这个问题问的很粗鲁无礼、爱管闲事，但是这种关于钱的问题是很常见的。