harried [
'hærid]
adj. 被掠夺的;受折磨的
v. 烦扰;掠夺;强使前进(harry的过去分词)
- She harried here with her child and all doubts.
她疑虑重重地带着孩子匆匆赶来了。 - Harried public officials were often swindled into receiving a poor quality of “country pay.
忙乱的政府官员们经常被蒙骗而接收劣质的“乡村货币”。 - During the day he hid behind the role of a harried businessman, too busy to review contracts or shuffle through mail.
白天他是一个诸事应接不暇的商人,忙得顾不上察看那些合同,翻阅那些邮件;
harried[ adj ]
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
<adj.all>
harassed working mothersa harried expression
her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
Harry \Har"ry\ (-r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}
(-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrying}.] [OE. harwen, herien,
her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage,
plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. {Harbor}, {Herald},
{Heriot}.]
1. To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came
several times and harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
thrush. --J.
Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.
Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
worry; annoy; harass.
harried \harried\ adj.
same as {harassed}.
Syn: annoyed, harassed, pestered.
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