annoy的基本意思是“打扰,干扰”,引申可作“使烦恼,使恼怒”解,强调经常的、不断的干扰、激怒或苦恼。只用作及物动词,其后多接名词、代词作宾语。
annoy表示“因…而生气”时,常用于be ~ed 结构。be annoyed后常接介词at, by, with,介词with之后一般只接人;be annoyed之后还常接动词不定式或that从句。
be annoyed结构一般不用very修饰,但可用much或very much修饰。
如:
That employee always annoys me, so I try to avoid him.
I shouldn't have set three alarm clocks at the same time to annoy you the morning.