Pester power

我是心急人，今天叫別人做的事，希望今天做到。未完成的話，也應該有所交代，最好說明時間。不然，我大概只可按捺一兩天，便要糾纏（pester）他查問進度了。

Pester解「糾纏、打擾」，持續或頻繁地請求別人做某事，使人覺得煩擾。常用pester someone for something（因某事打擾某人）或pester someone to do something（纏着某人要他做某事情）。例句：I am sorry to be pestering you for the document but I do need it as soon as possible.（抱歉我不停纏着要那份文件，但我確實需要盡快拿到它。）The little boy has been pestering his mother for a new toy car for days.（小男孩幾天以來一直纏着媽媽要新玩具車。）

有一個詞語叫pester power，指兒童不斷吵着父母購物的糾纏能力。兒童透過持續的哭吵或黏纏嘮叨父母，直至父母屈從。例句：The girl is good at using her pester power to talk her parents into buying whatever she wants.（這女孩很會糾纏父母去購買任何她想要的東西。）