bother

bother
verb
  1. [noobj., 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。
  2. [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.
    秘密是令记者们感到烦恼的一个问题。
    [with obj.andclause]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。
noun
  1. [mass noun]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兴师动众了。
    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.
    我希望她不要这么讨厌。
exclamation
  1. (chiefly Brit.)used to express mild irritation or impatience
    (主 英)讨厌（表达轻微的愤怒和不耐烦）
    ‘Bother!’ she muttered.
    “讨厌！”她抱怨道。
常用词组
can't be bothered (to do something)
  1. 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
  1. 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
语源
  1. 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
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