Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2132
bother
打扰；烦扰；使恼怒
To annoy, disturb, or irritate someone; to cause trouble for someone.
- 1.
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
打扰、干扰、惹恼；给某人带来麻烦。
- 2.
To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
感到关心或担忧；因关心而给自己带来负担或不便。
费心；操心；麻烦自己；打扰、干扰、惹恼；给某人带来麻烦。；感到关心或担忧；因关心而给自己带来负担或不便。；烦扰；迷惑
In use
I didn't want to bother you while you were working.
Don't bother waiting for me; I'll catch up later.
The constant noise from the construction site bothered the residents.
Verb forms
base bother · third person bothers · -ing bothering · past bothered · past participle bothered
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- sorry to bother you
- 抱歉打扰你
- Sorry to bother you, but do you have a minute?抱歉打扰你，你有空吗？
- don't bother
- 别费心；不必麻烦
- Don't bother making dinner for me — I'll grab something on the way.别费心给我做晚饭了——我路上随便买点吃的。
- bother to do something
- 费心去做某事
- He didn't even bother to call his mother on her birthday.他母亲生日那天他甚至懒得打个电话。
- can't be bothered
- 懒得（做某事）；不想费劲
- I can't be bothered to cook tonight; let's order takeout.我今晚懒得做饭，咱们点外卖吧。
- it bothers someone that...
- 让某人烦心的是……
- It really bothers me that he never cleans up after himself.他从不收拾自己的东西，这真的让我很烦。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：bother 开头藏着 both，被它缠上，两边（both）都被打扰，不得安宁。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：礼貌请求、日常对话、客服沟通 bother 通常用于日常口语和较中性的书面语，语气比较随意；在非常正式的场合，更常见 disturb 或 trouble。表示‘打扰’时多用于礼貌请求，如 Sorry to bother you；表示‘费心’时，否定式 Don't bother 很常用。
Grammar Note
常用于否定句和疑问句，bother to do表示费心做某事
Pronunciation & Spelling
这里采用通用美式发音：bother /ˈbɑːðər/。father /ˈfɑːðər/ 与之押韵；mother /ˈmʌðər/、brother /ˈbrʌðər/、another /əˈnʌðər/ 虽以 -other 结尾但元音为 /ʌ/，不押韵；gather /ˈɡæðər/、rather /ˈræðər/ 元音也不同。
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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