| 单词 | inconvenience |
| 释义 | inconvenience (once / 625 pages) nv An inconvenience is an annoying occurrence that makes you go out of your way, like the inconvenience of a detour that takes you off your usual route, or the inconvenience of the door bell ringing just as you are about to take a dish out of the oven. The noun inconvenience, pronounced "in-cun-VEE-nyent," comes from the Latin word inconvenientia, from in-, meaning “not,” and convenient-, meaning “agreeing, fitting.” That meaning still holds true for inconvenience: something that doesn’t fit easily into your life, though it doesn't cause suffering, either. Use it to describe small irritations, like the inconvenience of an airport delay. WORD FAMILYinconvenience: inconvenienced, inconveniences, inconveniencing+/convenience: conveniences/convenient: convenience, convenienter, convenientest, conveniently, inconvenient/inconvenient: inconvenience, inconveniently USAGE EXAMPLES“These waterways belong to everyone in the community. If one specific entity is inconvenienced, it’s not a valid reason for letting pollution to occur indefinitely.” Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) He said it’s too early to say when the power will be restored and whether guests will be compensated for the inconvenience. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) It’s more of an inconvenience to speak up, and that in itself is such a problematic way to think. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the quality of not being useful or convenient Ant|Hypo|Hyper convenience the quality of being useful and convenient inaccessibility, unavailability the quality of not being available when needed inopportuneness, untimelinessthe quality of occurring at an inconvenient time ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose 2n an inconvenient discomfort Syn|Hyper incommodiousness discomfort, uncomfortableness the state of being tense and feeling pain 3n a difficulty that causes anxiety Syn|Hypo|Hyper troublesomeness, worriment awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape flea bitea very minor inconvenience fly in the ointmentan inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something unwieldinessthe quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity difficultness, difficulty the quality of being difficult 4v to cause inconvenience or discomfort to Syn|Hypo|Hyper bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble distress, straiten bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon |
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