be a bother to sb
常用进行时或一般时，表示给某人带来不便。
I hope I'm not being a bother to you.
希望我没有给你添麻烦。
麻烦；不便
bothers — plural of bother
忙乱；大惊小怪；小题大做,忙乱。；纠纷
小题大做,忙乱。
Fuss, ado.
麻烦,不便。
Trouble, inconvenience.
Don't be such a bother; I'm trying to work.
别这么烦人，我在工作呢。
用法提示：名词，表示‘烦人的人或事’，作表语。
The broken printer was a real bother.
那台坏掉的打印机真是个麻烦。
用法提示：名词，表示‘引起麻烦的事物’，作表语。
He considered the whole issue a bother and ignored it.
他认为整个问题是个烦恼，就忽略了。
用法提示：名词，表示‘烦恼的根源’，作宾语补足语。
常用进行时或一般时，表示给某人带来不便。
I hope I'm not being a bother to you.
希望我没有给你添麻烦。
常与 don't 连用，表示不必为某事费心。
Don't go to the bother of cooking a special meal for me.
别为了我特意做一顿饭而费事了。
bother 在此为不可数名词，指麻烦或不便。
The construction work caused a lot of bother for local residents.
施工给当地居民造成了很多麻烦。
用于回应感谢，表示不介意、不费事。
"Thanks for your help." "It's no bother."
“谢谢你的帮助。”“不麻烦。”
比 bother 更强烈，常用于令人不悦或造成干扰的事物
强调轻微的恼怒，较正式
侧重指造成不便而非强烈情绪
语义较宽，可指更大的问题
较口语化，语气强，常指令人烦恼的人或小动物
grammar · medium
易错句子Moving to a new flat is such bother.
正确表达Moving to a new flat is such a bother.
bother 表示“麻烦的事、不便”时是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词。such 后接可数名词单数时要写成 such a/an + 名词，不能直接跟单数名词，所以这里是 such a bother。
grammar · medium
易错句子It's too many bother to cook after a long day at work.
正确表达It's too much bother to cook after a long day at work.
表示抽象的“麻烦、费事”时，bother 作不可数名词，要用 much 来修饰；many 只能修饰可数名词复数，所以不能说 too many bother。
grammar · medium
易错句子Answering all these emails every day is very bother.
正确表达Answering all these emails every day is a lot of bother.
bother 是名词，不能像形容词那样被副词 very 直接修饰，very 只修饰形容词或副词。要表达“很麻烦”，应改用名词短语，如 a lot of 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。
真麻烦
The constant noise is such a bother.
持续的噪音真麻烦。
小麻烦
The delay was a minor bother.
延误是个小麻烦。
大麻烦
Losing the keys was a real bother.
丢了钥匙真是个大麻烦。
不麻烦
Helping you is no bother at all.
帮你的忙一点也不麻烦。
值得麻烦
麻烦事；令人烦恼的人或物
Dealing with all these paperwork is a bother.
处理这些文书工作真是件麻烦事。
别费心；不必麻烦
Don't bother coming to the airport; I'll take a taxi.
别费心去机场了，我打车就行。
懒得做；不愿费神
I can't be bothered to cook dinner tonight; let's order pizza.
我今晚懒得做饭，叫披萨吧。
哦，讨厌！
Pooh sighed, 'Oh, bother,' as he realized he was out of honey.
维尼叹了口气，'哦，讨厌，'因为他意识到蜂蜜没了。
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The result was worth the bother.
结果值得这么麻烦。