Word · Frequency #2132
bothers
麻烦;不便
bothers is the plural of bother.
核心释义
Trouble, inconvenience.
- 1.
小题大做,忙乱。
Fuss, ado.
- 2.
麻烦,不便。
Trouble, inconvenience.
忙乱;大惊小怪;小题大做,忙乱。;麻烦,不便。;麻烦;纠纷
用法In use
Don't be such a bother; I'm trying to work.
用法提示:名词,表示‘烦人的人或事’,作表语。
The broken printer was a real bother.
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.
用法提示:名词,表示‘烦恼的根源’,作宾语补足语。
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。
go to the bother of doing sth
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
bot-her: 机器人(bot)惹她(her)生气,真是麻烦。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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)。
发音与拼写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.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
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