trouble

n

• ① 忧虑,苦恼;痛苦;困难;灾难,不幸
  • financial troubles财务困难
  • family trouble(s)家庭的烦恼
  • Don't make any more trouble for your parents.不要再给你的父母带来麻烦。
  • He has been through a lot of trouble(s).他经历过很多苦难。
  • His troubles are over.他的苦恼已结束(常指死人而言)。
  • Their troubles are not over yet.他们的苦恼还没有结束。
  • My teeth are giving me trouble.我的牙齿使我痛苦。
  • I am having trouble with my back.我因背痛而苦恼。
  • Troubles never come singly.【谚】祸不单行。

• ②[通常用单数形]1苦恼的原因,使烦恼的人;麻烦的事情2困难的事;问题,毛病<with>
  • He is a (great) trouble to his teacher.他是使他老师头痛的孩子。
  • I found it a great trouble to wash my own clothes.我发现自己洗衣服非常辛苦。
  • It will be no trouble to ask him to go with us.要他跟我们一道去并不费事。
  • The trouble is (that) he's too lazy.问题是他太懒(★【口】省略that,亦有用逗点者,或作Trouble is ...)。
  • What's the trouble?怎么啦?什么地方不对?
  • What is the trouble with you?你怎么啦?哪里不舒服?
  • That's your trouble.那是你的毛病[缺点]。

• ③ 1[指个别之物时为[C]][通常附有修饰语]疾病2(机器等的)故障
  • heart [mental] trouble心脏[精神]病
  • children's troubles小儿病
  • suffer from stomach trouble患胃病
  • He had no medical history of liver trouble.他没有肝病的病历。
  • engine trouble in a car车子的引擎故障

• ④[或作a trouble]不方便,麻烦,烦劳,难辨
  • I'm sorry to give you [put you to] so much trouble.我很抱歉给你增添了许多麻烦。
  • This will save us a lot of trouble.这可以给我们省掉很多麻烦。
  • It's no trouble (at all).这不费事。
  • It wouldn't be any trouble.不会麻烦。
  • No trouble (at all).哪儿的话。
  • He took all the trouble possible to find a solution.他尽可能地去找出一个解决办法。

• ⑤ 1辛苦,费心2[the trouble]费心(去做…)3费力,劳苦<in>
  • without any trouble轻松地,毫不困难地
  • He took the trouble to pay her a visit in the country.他不辞劳苦到乡下去拜访她。
  • Did you have much trouble in locating it?你是不是很费力才找到它的位置?(★【口】时常把in省略,而V-ing视为现在分词)
  • She had no trouble finding a job.她不费事地找到一份工作。
  • He had trouble parking.他停车有了困难(找不到停车位)。

• ⑥ 纷争,争执,纠纷,纷扰
  • labor trouble(s)劳工纷争
  • There is political trouble in the country now.那个国家现在正有政治纷争。
  • He has trouble with his employees.他跟他的员工有纠纷。
  • He is having money troubles.他有涉及金钱上的纷争。