bother是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to make the effort to do something -- 努力，盡力；費心

  • [ + to infinitive ] He hasn't even bothered to write. 他甚至根本就沒動筆。

  • You could have phoned us but you just didn't bother. 你本可以給我們打電話的，可你就是懶得打。

  • [ + -ing verb ] Don't bother making the bed - I'll do it later. 不用麻煩你鋪床——回頭我來鋪。

  • [ + -ing verb or + to infinitive ] You'd have found it if you'd bothered looking/to look. 如果你去找的話你早就找到了。

  • You won't get any credit for doing it, so why bother? 你做這件事不會受到任何讚揚的，為甚麽還要做呢？

  • I can't be bothered to iron my clothes. 我懶得燙衣服。

  • Most evenings I can't be bothered cooking. 大多數晚上我都懶得做飯。

• 1 to make someone feel worried or upset -- 使擔心，使焦急；使煩惱

  • Does it bother you that he's out so much of the time? 他出去了那麽長時間，你不擔心嗎？

  • Living on my own has never bothered me. 獨自生活從來沒有讓我感到擔心。

  • I don't care if he doesn't come - it doesn't bother me. 如果他不來我也不在乎——我無所謂。

  • [ + that ] It bothers me that he doesn't seem to notice. 讓我感到煩惱的是，他似乎沒有注意到甚麽。

• 2 to annoy or cause problems for someone -- 煩擾，打擾

  • Don't bother your father when he's working. 你父親工作時不要打擾他。

  • I'm sorry to bother you, but could you help me lift this suitcase? 對不起打擾你了，你能幫我提一下這個行李箱嗎？

  • I didn't want to bother her with work matters on her day off. 我不想在她休假時還拿工作上的事煩她。

  • The noise was beginning to bother us, so we left. 噪音開始干擾我們，於是我們就離開了。

  • She threatened to call the police if he didn't stop bothering her. 她威脅説如果他繼續糾纏她，她就報警。

• 3 trouble or problems -- 麻煩，煩惱；問題

  • I can take you there - it's really no bother. 我可以帶你去——一點都不麻煩。

  • Some people don't get married because they don't want the bother (= they don't want to make the effort that is necessary). 有些人不結婚，因為他們不想找麻煩。

  • Please don't go to any bother on my account (= don't make any special effort for me). 請不要為我費心。

  • It hardly seems worth the bother to go all that way just for two nights. 僅僅為了呆兩個晚上就費勁去那麽遠的地方似乎一點也不值。

  • UK I had a bit of bother getting hold of his phone number. 我費了一點工夫才弄到他的電話號碼。

• 4 an annoying person or situation -- 討厭的人；麻煩事

  • I'm sorry to be a bother, but could I have that number again? 對不起打擾你了，請你再告訴我一遍那個號碼好嗎？

• 5 used to express anger -- （用以表示不高興）討厭的；非常，極

  • Oh bother! It's raining and I left my umbrella at home. 啊，討厭！下雨了，可我把傘忘在家裡了。