bothering

英 [ˈbɒðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈbɑːðərɪŋ]

v.  花费时间精力(做某事); 使(某人)烦恼(或担忧、不安); 给(某人)造成麻烦(或痛苦); 打扰; 搭话烦扰
bother的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 操心；费力；麻烦
  If you do notbother todo something or if you do notbother withit, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  1. Lots of people don't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days...
     如今很多人不再费心思举行婚礼。
  2. Most of the papers didn't even bother reporting it...
     大多数报纸甚至懒得去报道这件事。
  3. Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why bother?
     既然我做什么都于事无补，我为什么还要费劲呢？
  4. ...and he does not bother with a helmet either.
     而且他也懒得戴头盔
• N-UNCOUNT 麻烦；不便；麻烦事
  Bothermeans trouble or difficulty. You can also usebotherto refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it.
  1. I usually buy sliced bread — it's less bother...
     我通常都买切片面包——比较省事。
  2. The courts take too long and going to the police is a bother...
     打官司耗时太久，去找警察也很麻烦。
  3. Most men hate the bother of shaving.
     大多数男士嫌刮胡子麻烦。
• N-UNCOUNT 麻烦（用于淡化问题的严重性）
  You usebotherto refer to serious trouble, usually when you want to make it sound less serious than it really is.
  1. Vince is having a spot of bother with the law.
     文斯惹上了点儿官司。
• V-ERG （使）烦恼；（使）担忧；（使）不安
  If somethingbothersyou, or if youbotherabout it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you.
  1. Is something bothering you?...
     你有什么烦心事吗？
  2. That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me...
     那种嫉妒我并不在意。
  3. It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me...
     男孩子们对我不感兴趣令我很烦恼。
  4. Never bother about people's opinions.
     不要在意人们的看法。
• VERB 打扰；烦扰
  If someonebothersyou, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy.
  1. We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me...
     我们在捉弄一个总是来烦我的人。
  2. I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
     我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。
• 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 youcan't be bothered todo something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  1. I just can't be bothered to look after the house...
     我就是不想费事照看这所房子。
  2. Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.
     医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。
• 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.
  1. I'll drive you back to your hotel later. It's no bother.
     我一会儿会开车把你送回宾馆，举手之劳。
• hot and bothered→ see:hot

双语例句

• Is it something bothering her?
  难道是什么事情烦扰了她？
• Please go away, you are bothering me.
  请走开，你打扰了我。
• Andrew noticed her abstraction and asked, 'What's bothering you?'
  安德鲁注意到她在愣神，便问道：“你怎么啦？”
• I'm not bothering you on the job.
  我没有打扰你工作吧。
• Don't keep on bothering me.
  别老磨人！
• I don't thinkthey're gonna be bothering you for much longer.
  我想他们不会打扰你很长时间了。
• Is something bothering you?
  你有什么烦心事吗？
• People call in and just spill their guts about whatever's bothering them on the job or in a relationship.
  人们打进电话，就是要将工作或感情上的所有困扰倾诉出来。
• The children stopped bothering their father.
  孩子们停止搅扰他们的父亲。
• If something's bothering you, get it off your chest.
  你有什么心事，痛痛快快把它说出来就是了。