1610s, from meddle + -some (1). Earlier was medlous "quarrelsome, meddlesome" (mid-15c.). Related: Meddlesomely. Character name Meddlesome Mattie attested from 1814.
雙語例句
1. By this means the meddlesome woman cast in a bone between the wife and the husband.
這愛管閑事的女人就用這種手段挑起他們夫妻這間的不和.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Get rid of that meddlesome fool!
讓那個(gè)愛管閑事的家伙走開!
來自辭典例句
3. Not everything that the Loan Guarantee Board asked us to do was trivial or unduly meddlesome.
貨款保證委員會要求我們做的事,并不完全是毫無意義的或者是故意刁難的.
來自辭典例句
4. These children are meddlesome when they're together.
這些孩子湊在一起就變得非常討厭.
來自電影對白
5. It is meddlesome that China joins WTO, but have adverse factor.