A pet peeve 指对你而言格外令人厌烦的事，通常是别人可能都没注意的小事，例如大声打电话、迟到或吃东西发出响声。这个表达偏美式，英式英语中 pet hate 更常见。两者都比较口语，适合在口语考试中谈烦心事；作文里 a particular annoyance 更中性。
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my (biggest) pet peeve is + noun/-ing; one of my pet peeves is + -ing; pet hate (UK)
- One of my pet peeves is people talking loudly on their phones on the train.
- My biggest pet peeve at work is meetings that could have been an email.
- Slow walkers in narrow streets are my sister's pet peeve.
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修改前My pet peeve is to wait for friends who are always late.
修改后My pet peeve is waiting for friends who are always late.
像 I hate to wait 这样的结构会让人自然地想到 to wait。但在 My pet peeve is 后面，这里需要给令人厌烦的行为命名，waiting 更自然。To + 动词常见于 My dream is to travel 这类表达目标的结构，却不是这里描述烦人习惯的常用选择。因此，把 to wait 改成 waiting。
Pet 在这里不是动物，而有“特别偏爱的、个人重视的”意思，例如 pet project 是很喜欢、出于兴趣投入的项目。因此，pet peeve 可以理解为个人特别在意的烦心事。英国人常说 pet hate：My pet hate is people who never reply to messages。
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I don't mind noise or crowds, but ___ is people who don't say thank you when I hold the door.
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my pet peeve — But 把噪声和人群与真正惹恼说话者的事情作对比：不懂礼貌的人。因此选 my pet peeve。My pet project 指特别喜爱的项目，与这里讨厌的行为无关。
写一件最让你烦的小事。说说在哪里会碰到它，以及它让你有什么感受。
My biggest pet peeve is people who leave dirty cups in the office kitchen, and every time I see them I feel really annoyed.
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