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both·er /ˈbɒðə(r)/ vt. | vi. | n. | int. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 打扰，烦扰，麻烦；使恼怒
I'm very sorry for having to bother you. 我真抱歉，不得不打扰你。
Rudeness bothers me. 我讨厌粗鲁。
That's what bothers me most. 那就是最使我烦恼的一件事。
2. 迷惑，把…弄糊涂；使不安，使紧张
The complexities of life bothered him. 人生的复杂情况使他迷惑不已。
The causes and cures for cancer have bothered researchers for years. 癌症的起因和治疗方法多年来一直是研究者伤脑筋的问题。
3. [用于命令句]让…见鬼去
Bother the lot of you! Go away at once! 你们这班讨厌的家伙!赶快滚吧!
If things get any worse you'll have to come home, and bother the money. 假使情况变糟，你就得回家，别考虑钱啦。
❷ vi.
1. 担心；烦恼；焦急
They can't see any reason for bothering about you. 他们认为没有理由为你担心。
They didn't bother with (或 about) that. 他们对那件事并不感到焦急。
2. 尽力；烦心；麻烦
A: Can I open the door for you? B: No, please don't bother. I can manage, thank you. 甲：要我给您开门吗? 乙：请别费心。谢谢，我能开。
He has no time to bother with trifles. 他没时间为小事操心。
Few people ever bothered to talk to him, and many deliberately avoided him. 很少有人费心跟他讲话，而许多人故意避开他。
Don't bother about getting dinner for me today. 今天不要麻烦为我准备饭了。
II n.
1. 烦恼；焦急；麻烦；纷扰
What a lot of bother about nothing! 真是无事找烦恼!
save sb. the bother 省去某人不必要的麻烦
It's not worth the bother. 那件事不值得为之焦虑。
2. 令人烦恼的人(或事物)；引起麻烦的人(或事物)；烦恼(或纷扰)的原因
His son is a bother to him. 他的儿子使他大伤脑筋。
It's one o'clock, and it's such a bother to have to go home for lunch. 一点钟了，还得回去吃中饭，真是件麻烦事儿。
3. 努力，尽心
Gardening takes more bother than it's worth. 种那些花花草草要花费很多心血，不值得。
4. 〈英俚〉暴力(或威胁)行为，殴斗(尤指一群青少年穿上笨重的靴子进行踢斗)
III int.
〈主英〉[表示不耐烦、烦恼、不高兴等]讨厌，去你的
Bother! This door is jammed. 真讨厌!这扇门堵住了。
[< Ang-Ir <?] phr. bother one's head (或 oneself) about (或 with) 为…焦虑，为…操心 It's not important; don't bother your head about it. 这无关紧要，不必为之焦虑。 He's surprised you bother your pretty head with such questions. 你让这样一些问题大伤你那好端端的脑筋，这使他感到惊讶。 Don't bother yourself about me. 别为我操心。 can't be bothered 不愿找麻烦；不想出力 That means getting my hands dirty. I can't be bothered with it. 那意味着要弄脏我的手。我才不找这个麻烦哩。 He behaved as though he could not be bothered. 他表现得不愿出力似的。 |