[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
[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
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)