trouble

1. N-UNCOUNT You can refer to problems or difficulties as trouble. 麻煩; 睏難[oft 'in' N, also N in pl]

I had trouble parking. 我停車有睏難。

You've caused us a lot of trouble. 你已經給我們造成了很多麻煩。

2. N-SING If you say that one aspect of a situation is the trouble, you mean that it is the aspect which is causing problems or making the situation unsatisfactory. 問題 (指引起麻煩的事情)

The trouble is that these restrictions have remained while other things have changed. 問題是，雖然其他事情已經改變，這些限制卻依舊存在。

3. N-PLURAL Your troubles are the things that you are worried about. 煩惱

She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine. 她告訴了我她的煩惱，我也把我的告訴了她。

4. N-UNCOUNT If you have kidney trouble or back trouble, for example, there is something wrong with your kidneys or your back. 疾病

An old bed is the most likely cause of back trouble. 舊牀最有可能導致背部疾病。

Her husband had never before had any heart trouble. 她丈夫以前從未得過任何心髒疾病。

5. N-UNCOUNT If there is trouble somewhere, especially in a public place, there is fighting or rioting there. 騷亂[also N in pl]

Riot police are being deployed throughout the city to prevent any trouble. 防暴警察正部署至全城以防止騷亂。

Fans who make trouble during the World Cup will be arrested. 在世界盃期間擣亂的球迷將被逮捕。

6. N-UNCOUNT If you tell someone that it is no trouble to do something for them, you are saying politely that you can or will do it, because it is easy or convenient for you. 麻煩[禮貌]

It's no trouble at all; on the contrary, it will be a great pleasure to help you. 這根本不麻煩。相反，我很樂意幫助你。

7. N-UNCOUNT If you say that a person or animal is no trouble, you mean that they are very easy to look after. 令人操心的人 (或動物)

My little grandson is no trouble at all, but his 6-year-old sister is a handful. 我的小孫子一點不用人操心，但他6嵗的姐姐卻很難琯教。

8. V-T If something troubles you, it makes you feel worried. 使煩惱

Is anything troubling you?

有什麽事使你煩惱嗎？

9. troublingADJ 令人煩惱的

But most troubling of all was the simple fact that nobody knew what was going on. 但是最令人煩惱的就是沒人知道正發生什麽事。

10. V-T If a part of your body troubles you, it causes you physical pain or discomfort. 使疼痛; 使不適

The ulcer had been troubling her for several years. 潰瘍已經折磨她好幾年了。

11. V-T If you say that someone does not trouble to do something, you are critical of them because they do not do something that they should, and you think that this would require very little effort. 費力[表不滿]

He burps, not troubling to cover his mouth. 他打嗝連嘴巴都嬾得捂住。

12. V-T You use trouble in expressions such as I'm sorry to trouble you when you are apologizing to someone for disturbing them in order to ask them something. 打擾[套語]

I'm sorry to trouble you, but I wondered if by any chance you know where he is. 對不起打擾您了，我想問問您是否碰巧知道他在哪裡。

13. PHRASE If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong. 受訓斥; 惹上麻煩

He was in trouble with his teachers. 他受到了他的老師們的訓斥。

14. PHRASE If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort. 費神; 費力

He did not take the trouble to see the movie before he attacked it. 他在抨擊那部電影前竝沒有費心去看看電影。