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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
nuisance



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.

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