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To harass someone means to bother or trouble them again and again, on purpose, so they feel upset, scared, or unsafe. It is not one word — it is words or actions that keep happening.
To harass someone means to bother or trouble them again and again, on purpose, so they feel upset, scared, or unsafeharass一個人，指的是故意一再打擾或找麻煩，讓對方覺得難過、害怕，或沒有安全感。It is not one unkind word這不是一句不友善的話而已——it is unkind words or actions that keep happening而是不斷重複發生的不友善言語或行為。
People use it for many kinds of repeated bad behavior: teasing someone at school over and over, sending someone too many unwanted messages, or bothering someone because of their gender, race, or religion (sexual harassment, racial harassment).
People use it for many kinds of repeated bad behavior這個字可以用在很多種一再發生的不良行為上：teasing someone at school over and over像在學校一再嘲笑某人，sending someone too many unwanted messages傳太多對方不想收到的訊息，or bothering someone because of their gender, race, or religion (sexual harassment, racial harassment)或是因為性別、種族、宗教而騷擾別人，也就是sexual harassment、racial harassment這類情況。
In news and law, it is a serious word with real consequences. In everyday talk, people also use a lighter version — "stop harassing me!" can just mean "stop bugging me," said half-joking to a friend who keeps asking the same question.
In news and law在新聞和法律上, it is a serious word with real consequences這是一個很嚴重、會有實際後果的字。In everyday talk在日常對話裡, people also use a lighter version大家也會用比較輕的版本——"stop harassing me!" can just mean "stop bugging me,""stop harassing me!"可能只是「別煩我了」的意思，said half-joking to a friend who keeps asking the same question半開玩笑地對一直問同樣問題的朋友說。
組成Probably from an old French word for setting a dog on someone during a hunt — "harer." Over time it grew to mean chasing or troubling a person, not just an animal.
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- harassmentthe noun form — the ongoing pattern of harassing someone, often used in serious or legal situations
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
harassverb/həˈɹæs/
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To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- For it is a stout calf, ripe for the temples and altar [to be sacrificed], and to be sprinkled with wine; who is now ashamed to draw the dugs of his mother, and who harasseth the oaks with his budding horn.
- In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
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To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- I am gay and have AIDS and would very much like to write to someone. It is vey lonely here and they seem to think I'm going to die soon, though I wonder if they aren't just harassing me.
- In February 2004, we developed a technique using compressed air to physically and audibly harass the birds. […] One person slowly (< 5 mph) drove a pick-up truck through the airport terminal at dusk while the second person sat on a bench in the truck bed and directed the compressed air from the pipe into the canopy to harass starlings attempting to enter the roost site.
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To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- To harass good people is no different than speaking ill of them.
- The ſoul that dies this death, is like a loving wife matched with a rigorous huſband: ſhe does what ſhe can to pleaſe him, yet he is never pleaſed; but toſſeth, haraſſeth, and beats her, till ſhe break her heart, and death ſets her free: […]
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To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
- But meanevvhile, to harraſſe and vvearie the Engliſh, they [the French] did vpon all aduantages ſet vpon them vvith their Light-Horſe; vvherein neuertheleſſe they receiued commonly loſſe, eſpecially by meanes of the Engliſh-Archers.
- [T]he Britains, left to ſhift for themſelves, and daily haraſſed by cruel Inroads from the Picts, were forced to call in the Saxons for their Defence; […]
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obsoleteOften followed by out: to fatigue or tire (someone) with exhausting and repeated efforts.
- VVhich Troupes came to the Army but the day before, harraſed vvith a long and vveariſome march: and (as it is left for a memorable circumſtance in all Stories,) the Souldiers, being more ſenſible of a little Heat of the Sunne, than of any cold Feare of Death, caſt avvay their Armour, and Garments from them, and fought in their Shirts: […]
- Their Bodies harraſs, ſink 'em when they run; / And fry their melting Marrow in the Sun.
harassnoun/həˈɹæs/
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archaicHarassment; pestering.
- Mean while the men of Judah to prevent / The harraſs of thir Land, beſet me round; […]
- Now, Belford, if ſhe be not much concerned at the broken veſſel, which, in one ſo fiery in his temper as I have the reputation to be thought, may be very dangerous; a malady that I ſhall calmly attribute to the haraſſes and doubts, that I have laboured under for ſome time paſt; which will be a further proof of my love, and will demand a grateful return—
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。