harried
adjective uk/ˈhær.id/ us/ˈher.id/
被困扰的，不胜其烦的，形容被人催逼时的恼怒感觉
worried and angry, especially because people keep wanting things from you
I saw a harried-looking mother at the checkout trying to manage two small children and a mountain of shopping. 我在收银处看到一位手忙脚乱的母亲，既要看好两个幼童，又要兼顾一大堆货物。
He spent the day feeling harried and unproductive. 一整天他都觉得不胜困扰，效率低下。
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- Harried managers often forget that their best people want to get even better.
- He greets visitors with a kind but harried expression.
- Nonsensical questions may just be a way for a child to reach out to a mom who seems harried.