nuisance

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

nuis·ance [nuisance nuisances] BrE [ˈnjuːsns] NAmE [ˈnuːsns] noun
1. countable, usually singular 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. countable, uncountable (law)behaviour by sb that annoys other people and that a court can order the person to stop
•He was charged with causing a public nuisance.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt’): from Old French, hurt, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm’.

Thesaurus:
nuisance noun C, usually sing. (disapproving)
•Don't be such a nuisance!
inconvenience • |informal pain • • headache •
a real nuisance/pain/headache

Example Bank:
•I don't want to be a nuisance to you.
•It's an awful nuisance having builders in the house all day.
•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.
•This new system is nothing but a nuisance.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pain, pain in the neck