詞彙精選:trouble的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
煩惱;憂慮 [U,C]
例句:
On the street corner he stood for a long time, frowning in trouble and perplexity.
他走到街角上站了好半晌,又煩惱又為難地皺着眉頭。
例句:
Some troubles are made up by ourselves, but we take them as truth.
有些煩惱是我們憑空虛構的,而我們卻把它當成真實去承受。
困難;困境;麻煩的事 [U,C]
例句:
Whenever we have trouble with our studies, our teachers help us patiently.
每逢我們在學習上遇到困難,老師總是耐心輔導。
例句:
You're asking for trouble.
你是在自找麻煩。
麻煩;打擾;費事 [U]
例句:
Dick is a black sheep, always bringing trouble to his family.
迪克是個敗家子,總給他家裏招惹麻煩。
例句:
If they had, Lott went on, America would have been spared all the trouble connected with desegregation.
如果他們投了瑟蒙德的票,洛特接着説,那美國社會就會免去一切與取消種族隔離相關的麻煩。
紛爭,動亂,騷亂 [C]
例句:
Her desire for domination over the others caused trouble in the family.
她想要支配別人,引起了家庭紛爭。
例句:
There used to be a lot of troubles in that region.
那個地區過去動亂不已。
疾病;苦痛,不適 [C]
例句:
His stomach trouble flared up again.
他的胃病又突然發作了。
例句:
I often have trouble with my teeth.
我常常牙痛。
故障 [U]
例句:
Peter is a good trouble-shooter and he will soon find out what is wrong with the machine.
彼得是一名合格的故障檢修員,他會很快查明這台機器的毛病。
例句:
My car has got engine trouble.
我的汽車引擎發生故障。
v.
(使)煩惱;(使)憂慮;費心 [I,T]
例句:
A doubt began to trouble him, it gnawed at his huge moral strength.
一種懷疑開始使他煩惱,並且消耗他那巨大的意志力。
例句:
Don't trouble about that.
別為那事費心了。
麻煩 [T]
例句:
Could I trouble you to open the window?
麻煩你把窗子打開好嗎?
例句:
"Sorry to trouble you, Mr. Lin. Please get them cashed for me first."
“對不起,林老闆,這莊票,費神兑了鈔票給我罷 。”
(病痛)折磨;使疼痛 [T]
例句:
Her wound has been troubling her a lot this week.
這星期她傷口一直很疼。
二、詞義辨析:
bother,disturb,trouble,annoy,irritate,vex
這些動詞均有“使人不安或煩惱”之意。bother 指使人煩惱而引起的緊張不安或感到不耐煩。disturb 較正式用詞,多用被動態。指攏亂,使人不能平靜或妨礙別人工作、思維或正常秩序,是程度較深的煩惱。trouble 指給人在行動上帶來不便或在身心上造成痛苦。annoy 強調因被迫忍受令人不快、討厭的事而失去平靜或耐心,多指一時的打攏或惱怒。irritate 語氣比annoy強得多,指激怒,使發怒,多指一種短時間的反應。vex側重指因不斷的干擾而引起的煩惱,有時含激怒的意味。
三、詞義辨析:
effort,trouble,pains,endeavour,struggle
這些名詞均表示“努力”之意。effort通常指完成某特定任務所需付出的或大或小的努力,可指一次的努力,也可指堅持不懈的努力。trouble和pains均側重在面臨困難或阻力時所作的努力,但強調在努力時的細心和謹慎,相比之下,pains更適合表示盡力的努力。painsendeavour指持久的,堅持不懈的,甚至是終身的努力,強調努力的認真與決心。struggle指為克服困難或阻力所作的努力,也指因決心、意志或幹勁而產生的極大努力。
四、相關短語:
ask for trouble
自討苦吃,自尋煩惱,自找麻煩
in trouble
adv.處於不幸中,在監禁中
trouble maker
【法】 鬧事者, 惹事生非的人,搗蛋鬼
一、參考例句:
Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
(諺)麻煩沒找你,你別找麻煩。
I have heart trouble.
我有心臟病。
There's trouble brewing.
要有麻煩了。
He apologized to avert trouble
他道歉以避免麻煩。
I have trouble in math.
我數學學起來很費勁。
She is in great trouble.
她遇到了大麻煩。
Don't meet trouble half-way.
勿杞人憂天,自尋煩惱。
you are a trouble maker!
你真是個搗蛋鬼!
Don't trouble about that.
別為那事費心了。
People making trouble for themselves.
人總愛自找麻煩。