词汇 | harass |
词源 | harass. Though it means inflicting any kind of unpleasant- ness today, to harass originally had a much stronger meaning, as its derivation shows. Harass derives from the Old French verb harer, meaning “to set a dog on,” and came into English early in the 17th century. |
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