词汇精选：trouble的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

烦恼；忧虑 [U,C]

例句：

On the street corner he stood for a long time, frowning in trouble and perplexity.

他走到街角上站了好半晌，又烦恼又为难地皱着眉头。

例句：

Some troubles are made up by ourselves, but we take them as truth.

有些烦恼是我们凭空虚构的，而我们却把它当成真实去承受。

困难；困境；麻烦的事 [U,C]

例句：

Whenever we have trouble with our studies, our teachers help us patiently.

每逢我们在学习上遇到困难，老师总是耐心辅导。

例句：

You're asking for trouble.

你是在自找麻烦。

麻烦；打扰；费事 [U]

例句：

Dick is a black sheep, always bringing trouble to his family.

迪克是个败家子，总给他家里招惹麻烦。

例句：

If they had, Lott went on, America would have been spared all the trouble connected with desegregation.

如果他们投了瑟蒙德的票，洛特接着说，那美国社会就会免去一切与取消种族隔离相关的麻烦。

纷争，动乱，骚乱 [C]

例句：

Her desire for domination over the others caused trouble in the family.

她想要支配别人，引起了家庭纷争。

例句：

There used to be a lot of troubles in that region.

那个地区过去动乱不已。

疾病；苦痛，不适 [C]

例句：

His stomach trouble flared up again.

他的胃病又突然发作了。

例句：

I often have trouble with my teeth.

我常常牙痛。

故障 [U]

例句：

Peter is a good trouble-shooter and he will soon find out what is wrong with the machine.

彼得是一名合格的故障检修员，他会很快查明这台机器的毛病。

例句：

My car has got engine trouble.

我的汽车引擎发生故障。

v.

（使）烦恼；（使）忧虑；费心 [I,T]

例句：

A doubt began to trouble him, it gnawed at his huge moral strength.

一种怀疑开始使他烦恼，并且消耗他那巨大的意志力。

例句：

Don't trouble about that.

别为那事费心了。

麻烦 [T]

例句：

Could I trouble you to open the window?

麻烦你把窗子打开好吗？

例句：

"Sorry to trouble you, Mr. Lin. Please get them cashed for me first."

“对不起，林老板，这庄票，费神兑了钞票给我罢 。”

（病痛）折磨；使疼痛 [T]

例句：

Her wound has been troubling her a lot this week.

这星期她伤口一直很疼。

二、词义辨析：

bother,disturb,trouble,annoy,irritate,vex

这些动词均有“使人不安或烦恼”之意。bother 指使人烦恼而引起的紧张不安或感到不耐烦。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。trouble 指给人在行动上带来不便或在身心上造成痛苦。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。irritate 语气比annoy强得多，指激怒，使发怒，多指一种短时间的反应。vex侧重指因不断的干扰而引起的烦恼，有时含激怒的意味。