inconvenience

inconvenience
noun
  1. [mass noun]trouble or difficulty caused to one's personal requirements or comfort
    不便
    the inconvenience of having to change trains.
    必须换乘列车的不便。
    ■[count noun]a cause or instance of such trouble
    不便之处
    the inconveniences of life in a remote city.
    生活在偏远城市的不便之处。
verb
  1. [with obj.]cause trouble or difficulty to
    使感不便,困扰
    noise and fumes from traffic would inconvenience residents.
    交通喧闹和废气排放使居民感到困扰。
语源
  1. late Middle English (originally in the sense 'incongruity', inconsistency also in the general sense'unsuitability'): via Old French from late Latin inconvenientia 'incongruity, inconsistency', from in- 'not' + Latin convenient- 'agreeing, fitting' (see convenient)
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