It is painful to acknowledge , but marketers were right all along : pester power works .

要承认这点是很痛苦的，但是孩子总是占理：纠缠是能起作用的。

Marla wouldn 't pester daddy , because he was so sensitive and might have started to cry .

玛拉是不会就这个问题去纠缠她爸爸的，因为他是那样的敏感，有可能会开始对她大吼大叫的。

His firm operates through a network of locals who knock on doors and pester their acquaintances to buy lipstick and shampoo .

他的公司通过当地人的关系网络运营，这些人敲开熟人的门，然后纠缠熟人来购买他们的唇膏和洗发水。

There are e-mails to answer , virtual friends to pester , youtube videos to watch and , back in the physical world , meetings to attend , papers to shuffle and spouses to appease .

在虚拟世界，总有邮件要回复，有朋友来纠缠，有youtube视频要观看；而在现实世界，总有会议要出席，有文件要移动，有伴侣要安抚。

While my mother prepared dinner each night , my brothers and I would pester her .

每天晚上妈妈做饭的时候，我和哥哥都会缠着她问，