troubling

英 [ˈtrʌblɪŋ]

美 [ˈtrʌblɪŋ]

v.  使忧虑; 使烦恼; 使苦恼; 劳驾; 费神; 麻烦; 费事; 费力
trouble的现在分词

现在分词：troubling　

TOEFL

BNC.23336 / COCA.7561

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 麻烦;困难;问题
  You can refer to problems or difficulties astrouble.
  1. I had trouble parking...
     我停车有困难。
  2. You've caused us a lot of trouble...
     你给我们造成了很多麻烦。
  3. The plane developed engine trouble soon after taking off...
     飞机在起飞后不久发动机就出了问题。
  4. The crew are in serious trouble in 50-knot winds and huge seas...
     船员们在 50 节的大风与滔天巨浪中深陷困境。
  5. The Sullivans continued to have financial troubles.
     沙利文一家依然手头拮据。
• N-SING 麻烦;问题;引起麻烦的事
  If you say that one aspect of a situation isthe trouble, you mean that it is the aspect which is causing problems or making the situation unsatisfactory.
  1. The trouble is that these restrictions have remained while other things have changed...
     问题是其他事情都变了，而这些条条框框还在。
  2. Your trouble is that you can't take rejection.
     你的问题是不能接受拒绝。
• N-PLURAL 苦恼;烦恼;忧虑
  Yourtroublesare the things that you are worried about.
  1. She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine…
     我和她互相倾诉烦恼。
  2. She kept her troubles to herself.
     她把烦心事都放在心里。
• N-UNCOUNT 疾病;不适;疼痛
  If you have kidneytroubleor backtrouble, for example, there is something wrong with your kidneys or your back.
  1. An unsuitable bed is the most likely cause of back trouble…
     不合适的床最有可能引起背部疼痛。
  2. Her husband had never before had any heart trouble...
     她丈夫以前从来没得过任何心脏疾病。
  3. He began to have trouble with his right knee.
     他的右膝盖开始出现不适。
• N-UNCOUNT 骚乱;动乱
  If there istroublesomewhere, especially in a public place, there is fighting or rioting there.
  1. Riot police are being deployed throughout the city to prevent any trouble...
     正在全城部署防暴警察以防止发生骚乱。
  2. Fans who make trouble during the World Cup will be severely dealt with.
     在世界杯期间闹事的球迷将受到严惩。
  3. ...the first victim of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
     北爱尔兰动乱的第一个遇难者
• N-UNCOUNT 费事;不便
  If you tell someone that it isno troubleto do something for them, you are saying politely that you can or will do it, because it is easy or convenient for you.
  1. It's no trouble at all; on the contrary, it will be a great pleasure to help you...
     根本不费事，恰恰相反，非常荣幸能帮到你。
  2. Will it be any trouble to get over here that quickly?
     那么快来这里会不会有什么不便？
• N-UNCOUNT 需劳神费力的人(或动物)
  If you say that a person or animal isno trouble, you mean that they are very easy to look after.
  1. My little grandson is no trouble at all, but his 6-year-old elder sister is rude and selfish.
     我的小孙子一点都不让人操心，但是他6岁大的姐姐却野蛮而又自私。
• VERB 使苦恼;使烦恼;使忧虑
  If somethingtroublesyou, it makes you feel rather worried.
  1. Is anything troubling you?...
     有什么事情让你烦恼吗？
  2. He was troubled by the lifestyle of his son.
     他对儿子的生活方式感到很担心。
• VERB 使感到疼痛(或不适)
  If a part of your bodytroublesyou, it causes you physical pain or discomfort.
  1. The ulcer had been troubling her for several years.
     溃疡已经折磨她好几年了。
• VERB 费心;劳神
  If you say that someone doesnot trouble todo something, you are critical of them because they do not behave in the way that they should do, and you think that this would require very little effort.
  1. He yawns, not troubling to cover his mouth...
     他打了个哈欠，都懒得抬抬手遮一下嘴巴。
  2. He hadn't troubled himself to check his mirrors...
     他都没想要看看后视镜。
  3. He seemed to be a naturally solitary person, troubling himself about only a few friends.
     他似乎天生就是独行侠，不愿费神多交几个朋友。
• VERB 麻烦;打扰
  You usetroublein expressions such asI'm sorry to trouble youwhen you are apologizing to someone for disturbing them in order to ask them something.
  1. I'm sorry to trouble you, but I wondered if by any chance you know where he is...
     对不起打扰了，但我想打听一下您是否知道他在哪里。
  2. I hate to trouble you, but Aunt Lina's birthday is coming up and I would like to buy something nice for her.
     我真不愿打扰您，但莉娜阿姨的生日就要到了，我想给她买点好东西。
• PHRASE 处于困境;惹麻烦;将受惩罚
  If someone isin 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.
  1. He was in trouble with his teachers...
     老师们都想好好教训他。
  2. The person who loaned them to me got into terrible trouble for it.
     把那笔钱借给我的那个人因此倒霉了。
  3. …a charity that helps women in trouble with the law.
     帮助违法犯罪的妇女的慈善团体
• PHRASE 费力;费神
  If youtake the trouble todo something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
  1. It is worth taking the trouble to sieve the fruit by hand…
     值得费点劲用手挑挑果子。
  2. He did not take the trouble to see the film before he attacked it.
     他在批评那部电影之前都懒得费神欣赏。
• PHRASE 得不偿失;费时又费力
  If you say that someone or something ismore trouble thanthey areworth, you mean that they cause you a lot of problems or take a lot of time and effort and you do not achieve or gain very much in return.
  1. Some grumbled that Johnson was more trouble than he was worth...
     有人抱怨说根本不值得为约翰逊浪费精力。
  2. Learning more about it always seemed more trouble than it was worth.
     似乎总是觉得没必要为进一步了解它而大费工夫。

英英释义

adj

• causing distress or worry or anxiety
  1. distressing (or disturbing) news
  2. lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
  3. a disturbing amount of crime
  4. a revelation that was most perturbing
  5. a new and troubling thought
  6. in a particularly worrisome predicament
  7. a worrying situation
  8. a worrying time
  Synonym:distressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingworrisomeworrying

双语例句

• Is anything troubling you?
  有什么事情让你烦恼吗？
• But there's something that's been troubling me.
  但是有件事情令我很困扰。
• What seems to be troubling you?
  你像是有什么问题？
• We hope you will forgive us for troubling you.
  我们希望您能原谅我们麻烦你。
• The troubling question is why Mr Obama fell into this trap in the first place.
  令人迷惑不解的问题是，为什么奥巴马一开始就落入了共和党人的圈套中呢？
• It was a new and troubling thought.
  这是一个新的使人烦恼的想法。
• Talk to me about whatever is troubling you.
  有什么心事都和我谈吧。
• If confirmed, the findings would be troubling.
  若被证实，研究结果将令人烦恼。
• What's troubling us is that no one knows what has happened to him.
  困扰我们的问题是谁也不知道他究竟发生了什么事。
• What's troubling you, dear? You look ever so worried.
  什么使你苦恼了，亲爱的？你看上去如此不安。