一、详细释义:


interj.

见鬼,真讨厌


例句:

Oh, bother!

哦,讨厌!


n.

烦恼,麻烦,不便


例句:

We're having a spot of bother with the new machine.

我们的新机器有一点小毛病。


例句:

I am afraid it was a bother for you to do this.

恐怕做这件事太麻烦你了。


v.

打扰,烦扰 [T]


例句:

I am sorry to bother you with all this.

打扰你这么多真对不起。


例句:

I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.

我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。


(使)烦恼,担忧,不安 [I,T]


例句:

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。


例句:

Don't bother about that trifling matter.

别为那件小事烦恼。


操心,费力,麻烦 [I]


例句:

I haven't time to bother with such things.

我没时间为这种事烦心了。


例句:

No, do not bother. I 'll do it.

不,别麻烦了。我自己收拾。


二、词义辨析:


bother,disturb,trouble,annoy,irritate,vex

这些动词均有“使人不安或烦恼”之意。 bother 指使人烦恼而引起的紧张不安或感到不耐烦。 disturb 较正式用词,多用被动态。指拢乱,使人不能平静或妨碍别人工作、思维或正常秩序,是程度较深的烦恼。 trouble 指给人在行动上带来不便或在身心上造成痛苦。 annoy 强调因被迫忍受令人不快、讨厌的事而失去平静或耐心,多指一时的打拢或恼怒。 irritate 语气比annoy强得多,指激怒,使发怒,多指一种短时间的反应。 vex侧重指因不断的干扰而引起的烦恼,有时含激怒的意味。


三、参考例句:


Oh, bother!

哦,讨厌!


Does my snoring bother you?

我打呼噜打扰你吗?


Is not it a bother!

真讨厌!


Don't bother about that trifling matter.

别为那件小事烦恼。


What a lot of bother about nothing!

真是无事找烦恼!


He did not bother to undress.

他懒得脱衣服了。


Don't bother to show me out.

不用费心送我走了。


Why should we bother reading a book

我们为什么要费神去读书呢?


I never bother to do warm-up exercises.

我从来懒得做热身运动。


Don't write anything that will bother the censor.

你可别写什么给检查员找麻烦的话。