mass noun
1- 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。
1.1
- count noun a cause or instance of such trouble不便之处:
the inconveniences of life in a remote city.
生活在边远城市的不便之处。
with obj.
- cause such 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。
词源
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).