bother

英[ˈbɒðə(r)]美[ˈbɑːðər]

v.麻烦，操心，使苦恼，打扰，纠缠，使疼痛；

n.麻烦，困难，令人烦恼的事/人；

int. 真讨厌（表示对某人/事烦恼）；

复数：bothers;

第三人称单数：bothers;

过去式：bothered;

过去分词：bothered;

现在分词：bothering;

例句

Don't bother running after the bus.别费劲去追赶那辆公共汽车了。

He did not bother to punctuate the telegraph message.他没有费心在电文中加标点。

Don't bother me, O.K.? Just let me live out my life in peace and in private.别打扰我了, 好不好?就让我一个人安安宁宁地度过后半辈子吧。

Don't bother about me. I'm all right.别为我担心, 我身体很好。

What a bother!We've missed the bus.真恼人!我们错过了公交车。

Don't bother.别紧张。

Could I bother you to give the package to Mr.Miller?麻烦你把这个包裹交给米勒先生好吗?

Thank you, but please don't bother.谢谢, 但请你不要费事了。

A good neighbour is better than a bother in the next village.远亲不如近邻。出自：英语谚语

Don't bother to wipe up the dishes; just put them on the table.碟子不用擦干, 把它们放在桌子上就行了.

英语六级真题

But don't bother asking for evidence that justifies this bleak view.

Ultimately, we can't be bothered to change our attitude.

Two questions often bother first-time corporate bond investors.

Google has reversed this – it has simply copied all these works without bothering to ask.

He is bothered by the pain in his neck.

According to Adam Marchick, CEO of mobile marketing company Kahuna, less than 15 percent of smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification settings—meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

操心；费力；麻烦

If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.

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N-UNCOUNT

麻烦；不便；麻烦事

Bother means trouble or difficulty. You can also use bother to refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it.

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N-UNCOUNT

麻烦（用于淡化问题的严重性）

You use bother to refer to serious trouble, usually when you want to make it sound less serious than it really is.

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V-ERG

（使）烦恼；（使）担忧；（使）不安

If something bothers you, or if you bother about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you.

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VERB

打扰；烦扰

If someone bothers you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy.

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EXCLAM

见鬼；真讨厌

Some people say 'bother' or 'bother it' when they are annoyed about something.

PHRASE

不愿找麻烦；不想出力

If you say that you can't be bothered to do something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.

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CONVENTION

这不麻烦；不费事；没什么

If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.

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英汉词典释义

vt. & vi.

打扰, 烦扰, 搅扰, 使恼怒

迷惑, 把…弄糊涂; (使)不安, (使)紧张

n.

麻烦, 不便, 忧虑

令人烦恼的人或事物; 引起麻烦的人或事物

英英词典释义

Noun

1. an angry disturbance;

2. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;

Verb

1. take the trouble to do something; concern oneself;

2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

3. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;

4. intrude or enter uninvited;

5. make nervous or agitated;

6. make confused or perplexed or puzzled