trouble

• n. 麻烦；烦恼；故障；动乱
• vt. 麻烦；使烦恼；折磨
• vi. 费心，烦恼

置换自古法语 truble,麻烦，混乱，来自拉丁语 turbidus,混乱的，骚乱的，来自 turbare,混乱， 骚乱，词源同 turbid.引申诸相关词义。

1. a source of difficulty;

"one trouble after another delayed the job"

"what's the problem?"

2. an angry disturbance;

"he didn't want to make a fuss"

"they had labor trouble"

"a spot of bother"

3. an event causing distress or pain;

"what is the trouble?"

"heart trouble"

4. an effort that is inconvenient;

"I went to a lot of trouble"

"he won without any trouble"

"had difficulty walking"

"finished the test only with great difficulty"

5. a strong feeling of anxiety;

"his worry over the prospect of being fired"

"it is not work but worry that kills"

"he wanted to die and end his troubles"

6. an unwanted pregnancy;

"he got several girls in trouble"

trouble

trouble: [13] Trouble is etymologically something that ‘disturbs’ one – indeed, the two words are related. Trouble was borrowed from Old French trouble or tourble, a derivative of the verb tourbler. This was descended from Vulgar Latin *turbulāre, a derivative of *turbulus, which in turn was an alteration of Latin turbidus ‘wild, confused, muddy’ (source of English turbid [17]).

And turbidus itself was derived from turba ‘disturbance, crowd’ (a borrowing from Greek túrbē ‘disorder’), which also produced the verb turbāre ‘disturb’ (source of English disturb [13] and turbulent [16]). Turbine too is closely related.
=> disturb, turbid, turbine, turbulent

trouble (v.)

c. 1200, from Old French trubler, metathesis of turbler, torbler "to trouble, disturb; make cloudy, stir up, mix" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *turbulare, from Late Latin turbidare "to trouble, make turbid," from Latin turbidus (see turbid). Related: Troubled; troubling.

trouble (n.)

c. 1200, "agitation of the mind, emotional turmoil," from Old French truble, torble "trouble, disturbance" (12c.), from trubler/torbler (see trouble (v.)). From early 15c. as "a concern, a cause for worry;" 1590s as "something that causes trouble." Meaning "unpleasant relations with the authorities" is from 1550s. Related: Troubles (1510s). Trouble and strife as rhyming slang for "wife" is recorded from 1908.

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。

effort, trouble, pains, endeavour, struggle

这些名词均表示"努力"之意。

effort： 通常指完成某特定任务所需付出的或大或小的努力，可指一次的努力，也可指坚持不懈的努力。

trouble和pains均侧重在面临困难或阻力时所作的努力，但强调在努力时的细心和谨慎，相比之下，pains更适合表示尽力的努力。

pains：

endeavour： 指持久的，坚持不懈的，甚至是终身的努力，强调努力的认真与决心。

struggle： 指为克服困难或阻力所作的努力，也指因决心、意志或干劲而产生的极大努力。

The surge in world grain prices in 2007 and 2008—and the threat they pose to food security—has a different, more troubling quality than the increases of the past.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

As the world's food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually worsening the troubles of many.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Mrs.Hampton, we’ve got trouble in the press room this morning.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

They have trouble falling asleep.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to tear many troubled families apart.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

tear many troubled families apart

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

But Everybody Does It" Most people who get in trouble do know the rules and facts but manage to fool themselves about the risks they're taking by using excuses: "Everyone else does it

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Why Integrity Marten If cheating becomes the norm, then we are in big trouble

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

so that we don't run into trouble.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

There's no question that there're people who're seriously in trouble because they're overdoing their Internet involvement," said psychiatrist (精神科医生) Ivan Goldberg.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

I'm having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can't explain it in a way that makes sense to me.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

But I think if we follow these instructions exactly, we won't have much trouble.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Yeah, but what troubles me is that I can't find the book in the library or in the university bookstore.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

He's a difficult man, and I think there's been some trouble on the shop floor.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

He's always trying to make trouble.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

However, the business had been in trouble for years.

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

Students are more likely to think about their actions and see whether they will lead to trouble.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the "first-night" effect.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

They may have trouble getting adequate food.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

However, it's clear that Macy's believes its troubles run deeper than a temporary aberration ( ' , 偏离) off the thermometer.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon ( ' , 霓虹灯 ) sign.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It provides new early-warning signals for identifying teens in trouble.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

For all their troubles, the United States’ 3,500 institutions were flooded with more than half a million students from 193 countries last year.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

But this vote of confidence in Oprah sends a troubling message at precisely the time when American universities need to do more to advance the cause of reason.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

He felt troubled about the weakening of American craftsmanship.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Well, the suppliers have got some trouble or other.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Her troubles have brought her closer to her family.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

I have enough trouble delivering bikes to shops only forty miles away, never mind five thousand miles.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

Machines also had difficulty adjusting for people who look a lot alike—either doppelgangers, whom the machine would have trouble identifying as two separate people, or the same person who appeared in different photos at different ages or in different ligh

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble.

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

The trouble is, for many of the researchers who'd like to design systems to address these challenges, massive datasets for experimentation just don't exist—at least, not in formats that are accessible to academic researchers.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that lost dog.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

But Lehanne's psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It's trying to help the city's troubled neighborhood cafes.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But the next time you find yourself among strangers, consider that small talk is worth the trouble.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

He is a good/devoted/caring/loving father because he was strict with his daughter and encouraged her when she was in trouble.

2017年高考英语天津卷 答案 选项

He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I learned through another woman's eyes that my daughter was still a good person despite her troubled teenage years.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 A 原文

I realized one kayak was in trouble.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In the 1960s,while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone national park,bob christiansen became puzzled about something that,oddly,had not troubled anyone before：he couldn't find the park's volcano.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It might have saved me some trouble had I known the schedule.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

It was when we were returning home that I realized what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in trouble.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 单项选择 原文

Many people are working hard to preserve these ponies, and trying to come up with plans to find a sustainable future for one of dartmoor's most financially-troubled elements.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Much time spent sitting at a desk, office workers are generally troubled by health problems.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

Mum and I became mad with him for placing our family in trouble.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 完形填空 原文

My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the sit is working well now, but I keep expecting more trouble.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Second, if other factors such as technology remain constant, economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

She was afraid the dog would get the family into trouble.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Suppose you're in a rush, felling tired, not paying attention to your screen, and you send an email that could get you in trouble.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The man is having trouble deciding what to eat.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 选项

They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic-breakups, trouble at home, even dropping out-that a person would rather keep secret.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us-an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Bankers have been blaming themselves for their troubles in public.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

An old saying has it that half of all advertising budgets are wasted-the trouble is, no one knows which half.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles ,with kindness if they are in pain,and with unconditional love no matter who they are.

出自-2016年考研翻译原文

Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them less costly punishment.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

We have trouble getting staff.

我们在招聘雇员方面有困难。

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He could make trouble for me if he wanted to.

他要是想找麻烦就能给我找麻烦。

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The trouble with you is you don't really want to work.

你的问题在于你并不是很想工作。

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Her trouble is she's incapable of making a decision.

她的问题是自己没有能力作决定。

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I had trouble parking...

我停车有困难。

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You've caused us a lot of trouble...

你给我们造成了很多麻烦。

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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。

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Your trouble is that you can't take rejection.

你的问题是不能接受拒绝。

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She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine…

我和她互相倾诉烦恼。

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She kept her troubles to herself.

她把烦心事都放在心里。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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？

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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。

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Is anything troubling you?...

有什么事情让你烦恼吗？

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He was troubled by the lifestyle of his son.

他对儿子的生活方式感到很担心。

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The ulcer had been troubling her for several years.

溃疡已经折磨她好几年了。

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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。

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He hadn't troubled himself to check his mirrors...

他都没想要看看后视镜。

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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。

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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。

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He was in trouble with his teachers...

老师们都想好好教训他。

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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。

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It is worth taking the trouble to sieve the fruit by hand…

值得费点劲用手挑挑果子。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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