TROUBLE
英英释义:to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
例句:He was troubled by his health.
2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
我们都知道“trouble”是“麻烦”,不过我们这里要学习的是它的动词形式,表示“让某人感到痛苦或焦虑”。我们在口语和写作中都能用到它。
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:
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.
拓展:
//have trouble with sb.
//have trouble doing sth.
May I trouble you to close the window? (a very polite and formal request)
May I trouble you to put out/extinguish the/your cigarette?
说“努力”或“辛劳”只可用单数形式 trouble,不可用复数形式 troubles。take trouble 里没有 the,但take the trouble to...(不定式)里必须有 the。例如:He was good enough to take trouble. 和He was good enough to take the trouble to open the door.
背句子:
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. “烦恼寻你没办法,总勿自去寻烦恼”。