Word · Frequency #9468
inconvenience
麻烦；不便；烦扰
a situation or thing that causes trouble or difficulty
- 1.
The quality of being inconvenient.
不方便的性质
- 2.
an inconvenient discomfort
令人不便的不适
- 3.
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
不方便的事物,令人烦恼的事物
- 4.
a difficulty that causes anxiety
引起焦虑的困难
- 5.
the quality of not being useful or convenient
不实用或不方便的特性
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
In use
The delay in flight caused great inconvenience to the passengers.
I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the construction work.
Moving to a new city involves many inconveniences, such as finding a new doctor.
Connections
Collocations
- cause inconvenience
- 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。
- apologize for the inconvenience
- 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。
- suffer inconvenience
- 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。
- put someone to inconvenience
- 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。
- minimize inconvenience
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：inconvenience 里藏着 convenience（方便），前面 in- 像“不”，原本方便的事变麻烦，就是“不便、打扰”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：正式道歉和客服沟通、书面通知与公告、日常礼貌表达 inconvenience 作名词时通常属于中性偏正式用词，多用于正式道歉、客服沟通或书面通知中；日常口语里更常改用 hassle、bother 等较随意的词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 inconvenience 真正押韵的是 convenience（/kənˈvinjəns/）。convenient 和 inconvenient 结尾是 /nt/，仅拼写相似。patience、science、audience 也以 -ience 结尾，但读音分别为 /ˈpeɪʃəns/、/ˈsaɪəns/、/ˈɔːdiəns/，都不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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