Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1005
trouble
麻烦；打扰
to bother or inconvenience someone
常用于礼貌地请求别人做事
- 1.
To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
使精神痛苦；使(某人)焦虑或困惑
- 2.
In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
较轻微地打扰或麻烦
- 3.
To physically afflict.
身体上的折磨
- 4.
To take pains (to do something); to bother.
费心去做某事；打扰
- 5.
To worry; to be anxious.
担心；焦虑
使烦恼；使忧虑；使不安；折磨；使疼痛；使难受；费事；费心；担忧；操心；使精神痛苦；使(某人)焦虑或困惑
In use
The noise from the construction site troubled the residents all week.
May I trouble you for a glass of water?
She didn't want to trouble her parents with her small problems.
Verb forms
base trouble · third person troubles · -ing troubling · past troubled · past participle troubled
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Connections
Collocations
- trouble to do something
- 费心去做某事；特意做某事
- Please don't trouble to make a fuss.请不必费心大动干戈。
- trouble someone with something
- 用某事麻烦某人；因某事打扰某人
- I hate to trouble you with my problems.我不想拿我的问题来麻烦你。
- be troubled by
- 被…困扰；因…而忧虑
- She was troubled by the sudden noise.她被突如其来的声音吓了一跳。
- it troubles someone that
- 令某人不安的是…；使某人忧虑的是…
- It troubles me that you don't trust me.你不信任我，这让我很不安。
- trouble someone for something
- 劳驾某人给…；麻烦某人递…
- Could I trouble you for the salt?能麻烦你把盐递过来吗？
Learner notes
Memory Tip
trouble 中间有个“ou”，像一张皱眉的嘴；一想到“使人忧虑、打扰”，就想起这张苦脸。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：polite requests for help、formal apologies for inconvenience、written or literary expressions of worry、formal or clinical descriptions of physical discomfort 作为动词，trouble 在表达“打扰、麻烦”时多用于礼貌请求或正式道歉；在表达“使担忧、使不安”时比较常见于书面语或严肃语境。日常口语中更常说 bother 或 worry。整体语气偏正式、礼貌或带有文学色彩。
Grammar Note
及物动词，表示'使忧虑、麻烦'等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词都以 -le 结尾，读作 /əl/。其中 trouble、double、bubble、rubble、stubble 的重读元音为 /ʌ/，后面都是 /bəl/，所以真正押韵。注意拼写相近的 table /ˈteɪbəl/ 不押韵（元音是 /eɪ/），couple /ˈkʌpəl/ 也不押韵（以 /pəl/ 结尾）。
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 4，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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