cause (sb) inconvenience
表示“给(某人)造成不便”,也可说 cause inconvenience to sb;inconvenience 此处为不可数名词。
The roadworks caused residents a lot of inconvenience.
道路施工给居民带来了很多不便。
不便;不方便;不方便的性质;令人不便的不适;不方便的事物,令人烦恼的事物;引起焦虑的困难
a situation or thing that causes trouble or difficulty
不方便的性质
The quality of being inconvenient.
令人不便的不适
an inconvenient discomfort
不方便的事物,令人烦恼的事物
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
引起焦虑的困难
a difficulty that causes anxiety
不实用或不方便的特性
the quality of not being useful or convenient
The delay in flight caused great inconvenience to the passengers.
航班延误给乘客带来了极大的不便。
用法提示:此处inconvenience为名词,指给乘客造成的不便状况。
I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the construction work.
对于施工带来的任何不便,我深表歉意。
用法提示:inconvenience为名词,指施工造成的不便。
Moving to a new city involves many inconveniences, such as finding a new doctor.
搬迁到新城市会带来许多不便,比如要找新的医生。
用法提示:inconveniences为名词复数,指各种不便之事。
表示“给(某人)造成不便”,也可说 cause inconvenience to sb;inconvenience 此处为不可数名词。
The roadworks caused residents a lot of inconvenience.
道路施工给居民带来了很多不便。
of 后接动名词,说明具体是哪件事让人感到不便。
She complained about the inconvenience of having to change trains twice.
她抱怨不得不换两次车所带来的不便。
用 to 引出受影响的人;此处指具体的“麻烦事”,可加冠词。
The delay was a great inconvenience to passengers.
这次延误给乘客带来了极大不便。
较正式的客套说法,常用于道歉;也可说 put sb to the inconvenience of doing sth。
I hope we haven't put you to any inconvenience.
希望我们没有给你添麻烦。
grammar · medium
易错句子It is very inconvenience for me to go there.
正确表达It is very inconvenient for me to go there.
inconvenience 是名词,不能受副词 very 修饰并在句中作表语;此处需用形容词 inconvenient 表示“不方便的”。中文的“不方便”是形容词,容易误用名词形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子I'm sorry for inconvenience.
正确表达I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
在 “sorry for the inconvenience” 这一固定表达中,inconvenience 是可数名词单数,前面需要限定词;英语中可数名词单数一般不单独使用,故应加 the(或 any 等)。中文没有冠词,容易遗漏。
grammar · medium
易错句子I'm sorry to bring you inconvenience.
正确表达I'm sorry to cause you inconvenience.
表示“给某人带来不便”时,英语常用 cause (sb) inconvenience;bring inconvenience 是中文“带来不便”的直译,搭配不地道。
造成不便
The road works caused great inconvenience to local residents.
道路施工给当地居民造成了极大不便。
为不便致歉
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay.
我们对延误造成的不便深表歉意。
承受不便
Passengers suffered considerable inconvenience during the strike.
罢工期间乘客们承受了相当大的不便。
给某人添麻烦
I don't want to put you to any inconvenience.
我不想给你添任何麻烦。
将不便降至最低
The work will be scheduled at night to minimize inconvenience to residents.
工程将安排在夜间进行,以尽可能减少对居民的不便。
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in-(否定前缀,不)+ convenience(方便)→ 不方便;同根/同缀词:inconvenient(不方便的),convenient(方便的),convenience(方便)
延误常常打乱计划,给人带来不便。
长时间排队等候是一种常见的不便体验。
交通拥堵会使人迟到或耽误行程,造成不便。
道路施工可能导致绕行和噪音,引发不便。
安排过满或临时变动容易产生不便。
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