Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2132
bother
/ˈbɒðə/
noun
麻烦；不便
Trouble, inconvenience.
- 1.
Fuss, ado.
小题大做,忙乱。
- 2.
Trouble, inconvenience.
麻烦,不便。
忙乱；大惊小怪；小题大做,忙乱。；麻烦,不便。；麻烦；纠纷
In use
Don't be such a bother; I'm trying to work.
The broken printer was a real bother.
He considered the whole issue a bother and ignored it.
Connections
Collocations
- a bother
- 一件麻烦事
- It's a bother to have to retype the whole document.不得不重新输入整份文件是一件麻烦事。
- such a bother
- 真麻烦
- The constant noise is such a bother.持续的噪音真麻烦。
- minor bother
- 小麻烦
- The delay was a minor bother.延误是个小麻烦。
- real bother
- 大麻烦
- Losing the keys was a real bother.丢了钥匙真是个大麻烦。
- no bother
- 不麻烦
- Helping you is no bother at all.帮你的忙一点也不麻烦。
- worth the bother
- 值得麻烦
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bot-her: 机器人（bot）惹她（her）生气，真是麻烦。
Context & Register
语域: informal; 典型语境: 日常对话、抱怨、个人事务; 注释: 多用于非正式场合，表示令人厌烦的人或事。
Grammar Note
bother 作名词时既可用作可数（如：a bother）也可用作不可数（如：without any bother）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'father' (/ˈfɑːðər/) rhymes with 'bother' (/ˈbɑːðər/) when both use the /ɑː/ vowel. 'Mother', 'brother', 'other', 'another', and 'weather' have different stressed vowels and do not rhyme, though they share the '-ther' spelling.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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