As for what we buy our children , cassidy says we should negotiate with them , not fall victim to pester power ; ask what they think they need .
卡西迪表示,我们为小孩买礼物时,应该与他们进行沟通,不要迁就于小孩的软缠硬磨;而要问他们需要什么。
Luckily for us , our position here at the journal allows us to call up folks who actually do understand this stuff , and then pester them incessantly until they explain it to us in small , monosyllabic grunts , we 're capable of digesting .
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 .