bother是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to make the effort to do something -- 努力，尽力；费心

  • [ + to infinitive ] He hasn't even bothered to write. 他甚至根本就没动笔。

  • You could have phoned us but you just didn't bother. 你本可以给我们打电话的，可你就是懒得打。

  • [ + -ing verb ] Don't bother making the bed - I'll do it later. 不用麻烦你铺床——回头我来铺。

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

  • You won't get any credit for doing it, so why bother? 你做这事不会受到任何赞扬的，为什么还要做呢？

  • I can't be bothered to iron my clothes. 我懒得烫衣服。

  • Most evenings I can't be bothered cooking. 大多数晚上我都懒得做饭。

• 1 to make someone feel worried or upset -- 使担心，使焦急；使烦恼

  • Does it bother you that he's out so much of the time? 他出去了那么长时间，你不担心吗？

  • Living on my own has never bothered me. 独自生活从来没有让我感到担心。

  • I don't care if he doesn't come - it doesn't bother me. 如果他不来我也不在乎——我无所谓。

  • [ + that ] It bothers me that he doesn't seem to notice. 让我感到烦恼的是，他似乎没有注意到什么。

• 2 to annoy or cause problems for someone -- 烦扰，打扰

  • Don't bother your father when he's working. 你父亲工作时不要打扰他。

  • I'm sorry to bother you, but could you help me lift this suitcase? 对不起打扰你了，你能帮我提一下这个行李箱吗？

  • I didn't want to bother her with work matters on her day off. 我不想在她休假时还拿工作上的事烦她。

  • The noise was beginning to bother us, so we left. 噪音开始干扰我们，于是我们就离开了。

  • She threatened to call the police if he didn't stop bothering her. 她威胁说如果他继续纠缠她，她就报警。

• 3 trouble or problems -- 麻烦，烦恼；问题

  • I can take you there - it's really no bother. 我可以带你去——一点都不麻烦。

  • Some people don't get married because they don't want the bother (= they don't want to make the effort that is necessary). 有些人不结婚，因为他们不想找麻烦。

  • Please don't go to any bother on my account (= don't make any special effort for me). 请不要为我费心。

  • It hardly seems worth the bother to go all that way just for two nights. 仅仅为了呆两个晚上就费劲去那么远的地方似乎一点也不值。

  • UK I had a bit of bother getting hold of his phone number. 我费了一点工夫才弄到他的电话号码。

• 4 an annoying person or situation -- 讨厌的人；麻烦事

  • I'm sorry to be a bother, but could I have that number again? 对不起打扰你了，请你再告诉我一遍那个号码好吗？

• 5 used to express anger -- （用以表示不高兴）讨厌的；非常，极

  • Oh bother! It's raining and I left my umbrella at home. 啊，讨厌！下雨了，可我把伞忘在家里了。