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| 1 | C/U problems, worries, or difficulties 问题；烦恼；困难 |
| The company has had serious financial troubles recently. 最近公司遇到了严重的财政问题。 |
| The trouble started when I was transferred to a new department. 从我被调往新部门的那一刻起，麻烦就开始了。 |
| You could tell your troubles to this man, she thought. 她觉得可以向这个人倾吐自己的烦恼。 |
| a life filled with pain and trouble 充满痛苦艰难的生活 |
| have trouble with sth I’ m having some trouble with this new software. 这个新软件我用起来有点困难。 |
| have trouble doing sth He was having trouble hearing her. 他听不清她的话。 |
| cause/make trouble for sb/sth She can make a lot of trouble for you. 她会给你造成很大麻烦。 |
| cause sb/sth trouble It would just cause me more trouble in the long run. 这件事最终只会给我造成更多烦恼。 |
| | 1a | singular an aspect or feature of someone or something that causes problems, worries, or difficulties 引发问题的事由；使人烦恼的原因；造成困难的方面 | | the trouble (with sb/sth) is (that) The trouble with my parents is they think I’ m still a child. 让我苦恼的是我父母认为我还是个孩子。 | | the only trouble (with sb/sth) is (that) The only trouble with that idea was that Isabel would never agree to it. 唯一麻烦的是伊莎贝尔绝对不会同意这个主意。 | | sb’ s trouble is (that) Your trouble is you are greedy. 你的问题是太贪心。 | |
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| 2 | U health problems affecting a part of your body 疾病；不适；苦痛 |
| heart/stomach/back trouble My family has a history of heart trouble. 我的家族有心脏病史。 |
| give/cause sb trouble My knee’ s been giving me a lot of trouble lately. 最近我的膝盖痛得厉害。 |
| have trouble with sth She’ s been having a bit of trouble with her eyes. 她一直觉得眼睛不大舒服。 |
| | 2a | problems affecting a machine or system that make it not work as it should （机器或系统的）故障，毛病 | | engine/mechanical trouble The plane developed engine trouble five minutes after takeoff. 飞机起飞5分钟后就出现了发动机故障。 | |
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| 3 | U additional or special effort that causes you problems or difficulties 额外的工夫；麻烦；不便 |
| it’ s no trouble (for sb to do sth) It’ s no trouble at all for me to get her phone number. 我拿到她的电话号码一点儿都不费事。 |
| I don’ t mind waiting – it’ s no trouble. 我不介意等，不要紧的。 |
| put sb to a lot of trouble Sorry we put you to such a lot of trouble. 真抱歉我们给你带来这么多麻烦。 |
| take the trouble (to do sth) Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. 谢谢您不嫌麻烦给我回复。 |
| take trouble over/with sth She takes a considerable amount of trouble over her appearance. 她在外表打扮上下了相当大的工夫。 |
| go to/take a lot of trouble (to do sth) He’ d gone to a lot of trouble to make the evening go perfectly. 为了让晚会尽善尽美，他花了很多心思。 |
| go to the trouble of doing sth Why go to the trouble of washing them by hand? 为什么不嫌麻烦用手洗呢？ |
| save sb the trouble of doing sth I’ ll do your shopping to save you the trouble of going out. 我来帮你买东西，省得你还要出去。 |
| save yourself trouble You’ ll save yourself a lot of trouble if you choose carefully. 要是挑得仔细，你将给自己省去很多麻烦。 |
| be more trouble than sb/sth is worth Growing roses is more trouble than it is worth. 种玫瑰得不偿失 |
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| 4 | U an unpleasant , difficult , or dangerous situation 令人不快的处境；困境；险境 |
| be in trouble I knew we were in trouble when the lift stopped. 电梯停下来时，我知道我们遇上麻烦了。 |
| The company is in trouble primarily because of poor management. 公司陷入困境主要是因为管理不善。 |
| run into trouble The plane ran into serious trouble soon after takeoff. 飞机起飞不久就遇到重大险情。 |
| get into trouble The horse got into trouble at the first fence. 那匹马在第一道围栏处出了状况。 |
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| 5 | U a situation for which you are likely to be blamed, criticized, or punished 可能惹上麻烦的情形 |
| be in trouble (with sb) I hear she’ s in trouble with the police again. 我听说她又惹上警察了。 |
| be in serious/big/deep trouble If he hears about this, you’ ll be in big trouble. 要是他听说这事，你会惹上大麻烦的。 |
| get into trouble (for doing sth) I got into trouble for being late. 由于迟到，我有麻烦了。 |
| get sb into trouble If you break it, you’ ll get us all into trouble. 要是你打破了它，你会给我们大家惹祸的。 |
| stay/keep out of trouble He’ s managed to stay out of trouble since coming out of jail. 他出狱后尽量不惹事生非。 |
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| 6 | C/U fighting , violence , or bad behaviour 暴力；粗暴行为；骚乱 |
| There’ s been a lot of trouble in the neighbourhood recently. 最近这一街区发生了很多暴力事件。 |
| trouble starts The trouble started when he accused someone of stealing his bicycle. 在他指责有人偷他的自行车后，纠纷便开始了。 |
| make/cause trouble Peter used to make a lot of trouble at school. 彼得以前在学校经常惹是生非。 |
| crowd trouble There was crowd trouble at the last match. 上次比赛发生了骚乱。 |
| trouble flares/erupts Trouble flared on the estate after a youth was arrested. 在一名年轻人被捕之后，这个住宅区发生了骚乱。 |
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| - | asking for trouble
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| if doing something is asking for trouble , it is likely to cause you problems or difficulties |
| 自找麻烦；自讨苦吃 |
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| Delaying this type of surgery is just asking for trouble. 这种手术拖延只会自找麻烦。 |
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| - | get sb into trouble old-fashioned
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| to make a woman who is not married pregnant |
| 使某人未婚先孕 |
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| - | looking for trouble
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| doing something that is likely to cause a disagreement , fight , or problem |
| 找麻烦；找茬 |
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| - | no trouble
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| easy and pleasant to deal with and not causing you any problems |
| 容易处理的；不会招致麻烦的 |
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| I don’ t mind looking after Sam – he’ s no trouble at all. 我不介意照顾萨姆，他很听话。 |
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| - | there’ s trouble at t’ mill BRITISH humorous
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| used for saying that a group of people or an organization are involved in a disagreement or a difficult situation |
| （某群人或某组织）意见不和，陷入困境 |
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| - | trouble is brewing (for)
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| used for saying that a difficult , dangerous , or violent situation is developing |
| 很快就有麻烦（或危险）了 |
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