annoying
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(adj.) Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient. 煩人的
So, how do you go about creating one of the world`s most annoying sounds?
你為什么要做一個世界上最難聽的噪音呢？
pet hate /pet peeve
a minor annoyance that a person identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than it may be to others 令人討厭的的事情（尤指微小的事）
Smoking is my pet hate.
抽煙是我覺得最討厭的事情。
Irritate
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(v.) If something irritates you, it keeps annoying you. 激怒
You're irritating enough, especially when you talk like that.
你就夠我煩的了 尤其是你那樣講話的時候。
distracting
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(adj.) If you say that something is distracting, you mean that it makes it difficult for you to concentrate properly on what you are doing. 使人分心的
distract(v.) distraction(n.)
I find it slightly distracting to have someone watching me while I work.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)，我工作時被人觀看就會有些走神兒。
concentration
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(n.) Concentration on something involves giving all your attention to it. 專注
That helps to reduce stress and sharpen concentration.
這樣能幫助減少壓力，使注意力更加敏捷。
concentrate(v.) ~ on sth集中注意在某事
block out
to hide or cover something so that it cannot be seen, felt, or heard 屏蔽；遮擋
Google said it would introduce more new features such as the ability to block out background noise.
谷歌表示其將引入更多新功能，如能夠屏蔽背景雜音。
kick the habit
to give up something harmful that you have done for a long time 戒掉壞習慣= break the habit
Mike, he, he kicked the habit early on. But Dierdre couldn't or didn't want to. I don't know.
Mike，他很早就戒了。但是Dierdre戒不掉，或者不想戒。我不清楚。
sympathy
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(n.) If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave toward them. 同情
Even a simple expression of sympathy could be construed as an admission of guilt.
即使是出于同情 也會被曲解成犯罪行為。
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