trouble v.
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
『表示“让某人感到痛苦或焦虑”』
在口语中,我们想麻烦别人做某事时,可以先客气地说一句: I'm sorry to trouble you…
在写作中,trouble 是一个经常被低估的、想不到词。例如当我们想表示“担心”时,可能一下子能想到 worry,concern,其实这时候也可以用 trouble。
比如很多学生有无法集中注意力的问题,就可以说:
Eg. Many students today are constantly troubled by their inability to concentrate.
再比如,信息过载给很多人带来了压力,结果是很多人会买一些他们并不需要的线上微课,就可以说:
People are increasingly troubled by overload of information so much so that they end up buying many online mini-courses that they do not actually need.
很多国际一线城市交通堵塞严重,我们就可以评论说:
Many international cities, say Los Angeles, Beijing, and New Delhi, are troubled by traffic congestion.
1. 翻译: 最困扰很多二线城市的是人才的短缺。
Many second-tier cities are troubled the most by shortage of talents.
2. 造句练习:
Living in an era of big data, people are being troubled by personal information leakage.