annoy: [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō, literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ (odiō was the ablative sense of odium, from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin – inodiāre ‘make loathsome’ – which transferred to Old French as anuier or anoier (in modern French this has become ennuyer, whose noun ennui was borrowed into English in the mid 18th century in the sense ‘boredom’). => ennui, noisome, odious
annoy (v.)
late 13c., from Anglo-French anuier, Old French enoiier, anuier "to weary, vex, anger; be troublesome or irksome to," from Late Latin inodiare "make loathsome," from Latin (esse) in odio "(it is to me) hateful," ablative of odium "hatred" (see odium). Earliest form of the word in English was as a noun, c. 1200, "feeling of irritation, displeasure, distaste." Related: Annoyed; annoying; annoyingly. Middle English also had annoyful and annoyous (both late 14c.).
例文
1. As the years went by his nastiness began to annoy his readers.
長い年月を経て、彼の悪辣な文字は読者を飽きさせ始めた。
2.Try Making a note of the things which annoy you.
悩み事を書いてみよう。
3.His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
彼は冗談を連発し、彼女を怒らせ始めた。
4.If you annoy me much more,I 'll box your ears.
また邪魔をしたら、ビンタします。
5.She sometimes does things on purpose just to annoy me.