bother是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)save someone the bother省却某人麻烦

(2)bother with劳烦；费心；烦扰

(3)why bother何苦；何必；何苦费心

(4)bother about操心；费心；烦恼

(5)really bother真的很烦；确实很烦

双语例句

(1)"Bother!" Cried the little girl.

“讨厌！”小女孩喊道。

(2)I don't bother to wash the dishes after dinner.

吃完饭后我懒得洗碗。

(3)Don't bother me when I work in the study.

我在书房工作时不要打扰我。

(4)I'm thinking about the way to save us all this bother.

我在想避免这些麻烦的方式。

(5)I'm sorry. Does the smoke bother you?

我很抱歉 我抽烟打扰你了吗

(6)Just ask if you need help. It's not a bother at all.

需要帮忙就开口。一点也不麻烦。

(7)Sorry to bother you, but could I borrow your phone charger?

很抱歉打扰你，我能借用一下你的手机充电器吗?

(8)I don't want to bother him right now. I'll ask him later.

我现在不想打扰他。我以后再问他。

(9)Sorry to bother you, but do you have the time?

不好意思打扰你一下，你知道现在几点吗？

(10)Pushy salespeople really bother me.

我特别烦强势的销售。

(11)Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you think we could change our meeting from 3 to 5?

嘿，很抱歉打扰你，我们可以把会议从3点改到5点吗？

(12)I'm not going to bother putting on makeup today.

我今天不想费心化妆。

(13)Sorry to bother you, but could we move the appointment back a day?

不好意思麻烦你，我们能把预约挪后一天吗？

(14)Sorry to bother you! I have a few questions regarding my pay.

对不起，打扰一下！关于我的工资我有点问题。

(15)Don’t bother her right now: she has a lot on her plate these days.

现在别烦她：她这几天特别忙。

(16)So sorry to bother you, but I'm wondering if you know where the MOMA is?

很抱歉打扰你，不过我在想你是否知道现代艺术博物馆在哪里？

(17)I'm sorry to bother you, but could you send me those documents as well?

很抱歉打扰你，可以请你把那些文件也发给我吗？

(18)Don't bother ordering soup. All of their soups are so watery.

不要费心点汤了。他们所有的汤都太淡了。

(19)What she thinks about my life doesn't bother me.

无论她对我的生活方式有什么看法，我都无所谓。

(20)Oh, it's not a bother at all. We love having company!

噢，一点也不麻烦。我们喜欢有客人来！

(21)I hope I haven't been a bother.

希望我没烦扰你。

(22)She did not bother to keep up with the news.

她不愿操心去了解新闻。

(23)I usually buy sliced bread – it's less bother.

我通常买切片面包–这样可以少些麻烦。

(24)You seem to have got yourself into a spot of bother.

你似乎让自己遇上了点麻烦。

(25)He failed his exams and didn't bother about the resits.

他考试没有通过，却没有为补考而感到烦恼。

同义词

vt. 烦扰，打扰；使……不安；使……恼怒

vi. 操心，麻烦；烦恼

n. 麻烦；烦恼

同根词

词根 bother

(1)bothersome adj. 麻烦的；令人讨厌的

(2)botheration n. 麻烦；烦恼

单词辨析

使人不安或烦恼

(1)vex 侧重指因不断的干扰而引起的烦恼，有时含激怒的意味。

(2)trouble 指给人在行动上带来不便或在身心上造成痛苦。

(3)annoy 强调因被迫忍受令人不快、讨厌的事而失去平静或耐心，多指一时的打拢或恼怒。

(4)disturb 较正式用词，多用被动态。指拢乱，使人不能平静或妨碍别人工作、思维或正常秩序，是程度较深的烦恼。

(5)bother 指使人烦恼而引起的紧张不安或感到不耐烦。

(6)irritate 语气比annoy强得多，指激怒，使发怒，多指一种短时间的反应。

释义

v.

[no obj., with negative]take the trouble to do something

麻烦；烦心；尽力

scientists rarely bother with such niceties

科学家们很少为这些细节问题操心

[with infinitive]the driver didn't bother to ask why.

这司机没有费心去问为什么。

[with obj.](of a circumstance or event)worry, disturb, or upset (someone)

（环境，事件）使焦虑，使烦恼

secrecy is an issue which bothers journalists

保密是令记者们感到烦恼的一个问题

[with obj. and clause ]it bothered me that I hadn't done anything.

我什么也没做，这使我不安。

[with obj.][usu. with negative]feel concern about or interest in

关心；对…感兴趣

don't bother about me — I'll find my own way home

别管我，我自己能找到回家的路

he wasn't to bother himself with day-to-day things

他根本不关心日常事务

[as adj. bothered]I'm not particularly bothered about how I look.

我并不特别在意自己的外表。

cause trouble or annoyance to (someone) by interrupting or otherwise inconveniencing them

打扰，烦扰，给（某人）添麻烦

I'm sorry to bother you at this time of night.

很抱歉，这么晚了打扰你。

n.

effort, trouble, or difficulty

努力；麻烦；困难

he saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

他帮我避免了演讲的麻烦

it may seem like too much bother to cook just for yourself

就为自己一个人做饭看起来好像太麻烦了点

it's no bother, it's on my way home.

不麻烦，我顺路回家。

Brit. used to refer to serious trouble in an understated way

〈英〉 麻烦（指大麻烦的一种轻描淡写的说法）

I'm afraid there's been a bit of bother.

我想有点麻烦了。

(a bother)a person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty

讨厌的人（或事）

I hope she hasn't been a bother.

我希望她不要这么令人讨厌。

excl.

chiefly Brit. used to express mild irritation or impatience

〈主英〉 讨厌（用于表达轻微的愤怒和不耐烦）

‘Bother!’ she muttered.

“讨厌！”她咕哝道。

短语

can't be bothered （to do something） be unwilling to make the effort needed to do something 不愿找麻烦，不想出力 they couldn't be bothered to look it up． 他们根本不想花力气去查这件事

hot and bothered in a state of anxiety or physical discomfort, especially as a result of being pressured （因焦虑或身体不适而感到）心急火燎

易错必背词

bother ... 打扰...；困扰...

(1)The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me.

我们知道什么和不知道什么的问题一直困扰着我。[江苏卷 2020 高考 阅读理解]

(2)I'm sorry to bother you.

很抱歉打扰你。[威海卷 2018 中考 阅读还原]

bother to do sth / bother doing sth 花费时间精力做...

(1)She did not bother to play.

她懒得去玩。[江西卷 2013 高考 完形填空]

(2)Finally, if there's no problem with the existing white color, then why bother fixing it at all?

最后，如果现有的白色没有问题，那为什么还要费心修复它呢?[江苏 2022 七选五]

(3)Many people forget or don't bother to wash their hands before eating.

很多人吃饭前忘记或懒得洗手。[晋中 2020 阅读理解]

(4)But why bother growing meat in a lab when we can get the real thing from cows?

但是当我们可以从牛身上得到真正的肉时，为什么要费时间在实验室里培育肉呢?[深圳 2022 阅读理解]

bother about (doing) sth 为(做)某事花费时间(或精力)

(1)Nowadays many people are too busy to bother about eating properly.

现在很多人都太忙了，顾不上好好吃饭。[甘肃 2019 语法填空]

can't be bothered (to do sth) 不想花时间精力做某事

(1)My older brother couldn't be bothered to play with me.

我哥哥懒得和我一起玩。[浙江卷 2020 高考 七选五]

don't bother / why bother 别费事了/为什么要费心

(1)-Shall I wait? -No, don't bother.

-要我等一下吗？ -不，别费事了。[经典例句]

(2)Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why bother?

不管我做什么都没有区别，那为什么还要费心去做呢？[经典例句]

类似拼写词

bother v. 麻烦；烦心；尽力；使焦虑；使烦恼；关心；对…感兴趣；打扰；烦扰；给…添麻烦

brother n. 兄弟；基督会教友；同人；同事；黑人兄弟；相似物；相关物；男教友；信奉基要主义的新教派的教徒

other adj. & pron. 另一个；其他的；别的；另外的；额外的；更多的；性交；对立面；对立的事物；其余的

mother n. 母亲；母兽；做母亲的人；母机构；大家伙；慈母般的人；母畜；大娘；妇女宗教团体的女主持人

词源

"late 17th cent． （as a noun in the dialect sense ‘noise, chatter’）： of Anglo-Irish origin； probably related to Irish bodhaire ‘noise', bodhraim ‘deafen, annoy'． The verb （originally dialect） meant ‘confuse with noise' in the early 18th cent．"

考纲分布

近6年出现4次

重要程度: 4星

100%; v 打搅; 打扰; 烦扰; 麻烦

考纲释义

( 1)v. 打搅; 打扰; 烦扰; 麻烦

真题例句：

Is it Okay to bother animals that can't talk?

打扰不会说话的动物可以吗？[2021年 恩施市卷 完形填空]

It is true that I bothered the chickens but I was bored yesterday.

我确实打扰了小鸡，但昨天我实在很无聊。[2021年 恩施市卷 完形填空]

"Why are you bothering (打扰) the chickens?" "Because I'm bored."

“你为什么要打扰小鸡？” “因为我很无聊。”[2021年 恩施市卷 完形填空]

考纲分布

近12年出现7次

重要程度: 4星

86%; v 打搅; 打扰

14%; un 困难; 麻烦

考纲释义

( 1)v. 打搅; 打扰

真题例句：

My older brother couldn't be bothered to play with me.

我哥哥懒得和我一起玩。[2020年 浙江卷 任务型阅读]

The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me.

我们知道什么，不知道什么，这个问题一直困扰着我。[2020年 江苏卷 阅读理解]

( 2)un. 困难; 麻烦

考纲分布

近9年出现6次

重要程度: 4星

67%; v/n 打扰; 使烦心; 麻烦

33%; v/n 费心做; 努力

考纲释义

( 1)v/n. 打扰; 使烦心; 麻烦

英文释义：(of a circumstance or event) worry; disturb; or upset someone

( 2)v/n. 费心做; 努力

英文释义：take the trouble do something; make an effort to do something

真题例句：

January is usually the stores' slow season for donations because it's cold and people don't want to bother, but not this January.

一月份通常是商店捐赠的淡季，因为天气很冷，人们不想打扰，但今年的一月份不是这样。[2020年 CET4 听力]

考纲分布

近9年出现7次

重要程度: 4星

86%; v/n 费心做; 努力

14%; v/n 打扰; 使烦心; 麻烦

考纲释义

( 1)v/n. 费心做; 努力

英文释义：take the trouble do something; make an effort to do something

真题例句：

She didn't even bother to go to the airport the following day.

第二天她甚至懒得去机场。[2020年 CET6 听力]

Less than 15 percent of smart phone users ever bother to adjust their notification settling.

不到15%的智能手机用户曾经费心调整他们的通知设置。[2017年 CET6 阅读理解]

But don't bother asking for evidence that justifies this bleak view.

但是不要费心去寻找证明这种悲观观点的证据。[2016年 CET6 阅读理解]

( 2)v/n. 打扰; 使烦心; 麻烦

英文释义：(of a circumstance or event) worry, disturb, or upset someone

真题例句：

They are not bothered by temperature extremes.

它们不受极端温度的干扰。[2020年 CET6 听力]

Dr. Gong pierced them into my left arm, around the elbow that had been bothering me.

龚医生把它们（针）扎进了一直困扰我的左臂手肘周围。[2018年 CET6 听力]

考纲分布

近16年出现1次

重要程度: 3星

200%; v/n 打扰; 使烦心; 麻烦

0%; v/n 费心做; 努力

考纲释义

( 1)v/n. 打扰; 使烦心; 麻烦

英文释义：(of a circumstance or event) worry, disturb, or upset someone

真题例句：

This "brain drain" has long bothered policymakers in poor countries.

这种“人才流失”长期以来，一直困扰着贫穷国家的政策制定者。[2012年 英语二 翻译]

( 2)v/n. 费心做; 努力

英文释义：take the trouble do something; make an effort to do something

单词辨析

bother 指不停地“扰乱”、“麻烦”，使人不能安宁，而产生烦恼的心理。

annoy 指由于干扰、不顺利或受不了某种外界情况等而“烦恼、懊恼”。

irritate 表示“恼怒”、“不耐烦”的意思，比annoy更为强烈，着重指一种暂时或短期的“恼怒”。

用法讲解

bother作动词时，既可作及物动词，又可作不及物动词。 作及物动词时，其后可接名词、代词、动名词（doing的形式）、动词不定式（to do的形式）或wh-引导的从句，如： We needn't bother when it happened. 事情发生时我们不必费心。

bother表示“花费时间精力（做某事）”，常用于否定句和疑问句。

(1)If you don't bother the yellow jackets, they won't bother you.

要是你不招惹胡蜂，他们也不会惹你。《House of Cards Season 5》《纸牌屋 第五季》

(2)Why does this bother you so much?

你为什么这么困扰这事啊？《The Big Bang Theory Season 6》《生活大爆炸 第六季》

(3)Chandler, this actually bothers you? Yes, it does bother me. And I think it would bother a lot of people.

钱德，你真的介意？对，我是介意，我想很多人都会介意。《Friends Season 5》《老友记 第五季》

(4)Rachel's really the one who's pregnant. What? Why bother?

怀孕的人是瑞秋？什么？干嘛那么麻烦呢？《Friends Season 8》《老友记 第八季》

(5)Oh, why does this bother me so much?

我为什么要那么在意呢？《Friends Season 2》《老友记 第二季》

(6)If he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon, if he tries to bother her, if he tries any brutality on her whatsoever.

如果他敢因为下午的不愉快而找她麻烦，如果他敢打搅她，如果他敢对她乱来的话…《The Great Gatsby》《了不起的盖茨比》

(7)No, don't bother. It's only us.

不用，不要紧的，就我们几个。《Downton Abbey Season 4》《唐顿庄园 第四季》

(8)Does the knuckle-cracking bother everybody, or just him?

扳指关节会惹人厌吗？还是只是他比较烦？《Friends Season 1》《老友记第一季》

(9)Phoebe, Sandra's mad at you too. It doesn't bother you?

菲比，珊卓拉也在生你的气，你不会感到困扰吗？《Friends Season 8》《老友记 第八季》

(10)That's Daddy? But doesn't it bother you? You're a waitress.

爸就是这样？你不困扰吗？你是服务生耶。《Friends Season 3》《老友记 第三季》

(11)Why bother? She spends half the time licking her butt.

何必呢？她一大半时间都在舔她的屁股。《The Big Bang Theory Season 7》《生活大爆炸 第7季》

(12)That sounds rather small beer. Is it worth the bother?

听起来不是什么大事，有必要大老远来一趟吗？《Downton Abbey Season 6》《唐顿庄园 第六季》

(13)I'm an engineer. Most engineers don't bother with a PhD.

我是工程师，工程师通常不需要博士学位。《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》

(14)Come on, that was back in high school. How could that still bother you?

那是高中的事，你怎么还会在意？《Friends Season 4》《老友记 第四季》

(15)I won't bother to explain, since every village argument is the same.

我就不解释了，反正所有村子里的争论都一样。《Downton Abbey Season 6》《唐顿庄园 第六季》

(16)And don't bother telling me yours, because I totally remember it, lady.

不必说你的名字，我记得，女士。《Friends Season 10》《老友记 第十季》

(17)Don't bother denying it. I guessed his foul purpose some time ago.

不用否认，我早看出他的祸心了。《The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug》《霍比特人2：史矛革之战》

(18)I don't want to bother Mary. They'd like to see you.

我不想麻烦玛丽。他们会想见到你的。《Downton Abbey Season 4》《唐顿庄园 第四季》

(19)You know, you never ask. You never bother to ask how I am.

你知道吗，你从来都不问我。你从来不屑问我开不开心！《The Reader》《朗读者》

(20)Okay, but doesn't it bother you that she's flaked for, like, the hundredth time?

好吧，但她都放了你一百次鸽子了，你难道就不觉得不爽吗？《Modern Family Season 6 》《摩登家庭 第六季》