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词汇 busybody
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Definition of busybody in English:

busybody

nounPlural busybodies ˈbɪzɪbɒdiˈbɪziˌbɑdi
  • A meddling or prying person.

    好管闲事的人

    others considered him an interfering busybody
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The law will not allow public authorities to be bothered by interfering busybodies and demands personal involvement to guard against this.
    • She was a busybody who took on everybody, and audiences loved it.
    • They are just happily getting on with their own lives and doing their best to dodge being bothered by all the busybodies and meddlers of the world.
    • We would all be a lot better off if these interfering busybodies left well enough alone.
    • By 1819 a busybody and informer by the name of Karazin had made a personal collection of ‘subversive literature,’ including Pushkin's verses, and turned it over to the Minister of the Interior.
    • He said, ‘The task isn't to make him,’ referring to the president, ‘a busybody or a liberal interventionist.’
    • The two plots are connected by the friendship of the two women and the misguided interference of the busybody, Marplot.
    • So, the gossiping busybody that I am, I started to pester him about who he liked.
    • Local busybody Vera Carp and her boy are there and the kid is climbing all over the flower arrangements and drawing in the register book.
    • Wear it outside, making sure to yell a big hello to the busybody.
    • Some busybody told the executive that women should exercise for at least 30 minutes five days a week.
    • The Good Samaritan has a good image; the busybody a bad one.
    • The first stage test which is applied on the application for leave will lead to a refusal if the applicant has no interest whatever and is in truth no more than a meddlesome busybody.
    • When meddlesome busybodies suggested that perhaps these hours were rather long, they were told that work kept adults from drink and children from mischief.
    • Generally people know her as the village busybody.
    • I was playing a woman named Mary Worthless who just was just a nosy busybody.
    • A busybody in one local authority tried to stop this, saying that this was illegal.
    • The prosecution alleges he also spread rumours that another neighbour was a busybody, who had shopped local members of the community to the police.
    • More busybodies trying to interfere with our life choices.
    • We grasp the poignant loneliness of the elevator attendant, sigh when Rhoda is hurt and squirm at the office busybody's interference.
    Synonyms
    meddler, interferer, mischief-maker, troublemaker, gossip, scandalmonger, muckraker, eavesdropper, intruder, ghoul, gawker
    informal nosy parker, snoop, snooper, rubberneck
    British informal gawper
    North American informal buttinsky
    informal, dated Paul Pry
    rare pryer, pry

Definition of busybody in US English:

busybody

nounˈbɪziˌbɑdiˈbizēˌbädē
  • A meddling or prying person.

    好管闲事的人

    others considered him an interfering busybody
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first stage test which is applied on the application for leave will lead to a refusal if the applicant has no interest whatever and is in truth no more than a meddlesome busybody.
    • Some busybody told the executive that women should exercise for at least 30 minutes five days a week.
    • More busybodies trying to interfere with our life choices.
    • Local busybody Vera Carp and her boy are there and the kid is climbing all over the flower arrangements and drawing in the register book.
    • Wear it outside, making sure to yell a big hello to the busybody.
    • By 1819 a busybody and informer by the name of Karazin had made a personal collection of ‘subversive literature,’ including Pushkin's verses, and turned it over to the Minister of the Interior.
    • When meddlesome busybodies suggested that perhaps these hours were rather long, they were told that work kept adults from drink and children from mischief.
    • So, the gossiping busybody that I am, I started to pester him about who he liked.
    • We would all be a lot better off if these interfering busybodies left well enough alone.
    • A busybody in one local authority tried to stop this, saying that this was illegal.
    • Generally people know her as the village busybody.
    • She was a busybody who took on everybody, and audiences loved it.
    • We grasp the poignant loneliness of the elevator attendant, sigh when Rhoda is hurt and squirm at the office busybody's interference.
    • The Good Samaritan has a good image; the busybody a bad one.
    • I was playing a woman named Mary Worthless who just was just a nosy busybody.
    • The prosecution alleges he also spread rumours that another neighbour was a busybody, who had shopped local members of the community to the police.
    • He said, ‘The task isn't to make him,’ referring to the president, ‘a busybody or a liberal interventionist.’
    • They are just happily getting on with their own lives and doing their best to dodge being bothered by all the busybodies and meddlers of the world.
    • The two plots are connected by the friendship of the two women and the misguided interference of the busybody, Marplot.
    • The law will not allow public authorities to be bothered by interfering busybodies and demands personal involvement to guard against this.
    Synonyms
    meddler, interferer, mischief-maker, troublemaker, gossip, scandalmonger, muckraker, eavesdropper, intruder, ghoul, gawker
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