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both.er MAKE AN EFFORTHbBT7E5, $5bB:7TLv [usually in negatives]to make the effort to do something, or to take the trouble to do something努力，尽力;费心，麻烦He hasn't even bothered to write. [+ to infinitive]他甚至懒得去写。She should have phoned them, but she just didn't bother. [I]她应该给他们打电话，可她就懒得打。Don't bother (about / with) doing the laundry. [+ v-ing]不用麻烦洗衣服了。You'd have found it if you'd bothered look ing / to look. [+ v-ing; + to infinitive]如果你尽力去寻找的话你早已找到了。You won't get any credit for doing it, so why bother? [I]做这事你得不到任何荣誉，为什么还要费心呢？"I've mended that cup for you." "Thanks, but you needn't have bothered. I bought a new one this morning." [I]“我已为你补好了那只茶杯。”“谢谢，其实你不需要费心的。我今上午买了只新的。”He went to all the trouble of organizing a leaving party for her, and she didn't even bother to turn up. [+ to infinitive]他不厌其烦为她组织了一个告别聚会，可她甚至不愿露面。Why did nobody bother to tell me something was wrong? [+ to infinitive]为什么没有人想到告诉我出事了？He walked out of the office without bothering to say goodbye. [+ to infinitive]他懒得告别一声便走出了办公室。About 25% of the electorate didn't bother to vote in the last election. [+ to infinitive]在上次选举中有25%的选民懒得投票。If you cannot be bothered to do something, you are unwilling to make the effort that is needed to achieve it.不愿找麻烦;不想出力I asked him to go to the post office for me, but he just couldn't be bothered.我让他替我跑一趟邮局，但他只是不愿出力。I can't be bothered to cook this evening.我今晚懒得做饭。
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