单词 | trouble |
释义 | trouble (once / 29 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n Trouble is anything that causes difficulty, worry, and inconvenience, or that prevents you from doing something. If you have trouble getting along with a classmate, it is hard to be friendly with him or her. Whether you have trouble finding your shoes, you're in trouble with your teacher, or you go to a lot of trouble buying the kind of tea your sister likes, you face an annoying — and possibly distressing — difficulty. When you use trouble as a verb, it tells who or what is making life hard for you, like a headache that troubles you or childhood memories of encounters with scary clowns that probably trouble you even more deeply. WORD FAMILYtrouble: troubled, troubler, troubles, troublesome, troubling, troublous+/troubled: troubleder, troubledly, untroubled/troubler: troublers/troublesome: troublesomely, troublesomeness, troublesomest/troubling: troublingly/troublous: troublously/untroubled: untroubledly USAGE EXAMPLESShe scrolled through hundreds of aggressive messages, searching for the one that troubled her the most. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Sanders wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary, followed — in what some observers see as a troubling sign — by Vladimir Putin. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) He was limited to 12 minutes after the break with foul trouble, however. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a source of difficulty one trouble after another delayed the job Syn|Hypo|Hyper problem pressure point where problems or difficulties are likely to occur can of wormsa source of unpredictable trouble and complexity deep waterserious trouble growing painsproblems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) hydratrouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality mattera problem difficulty a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result 2n an event causing distress or pain what is the trouble? heart trouble Exp|Hypo|Hyper Teapot Dome scandal a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration Watergate scandala political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 bad luck, misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event afflictiona cause of great suffering and distress convulsiona physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval embarrassmentsome event that causes someone to be embarrassed blaze, hella cause of difficulty and suffering onslaughta sudden and severe onset of trouble outrage, scandala disgraceful event disturbance, interference, noiseelectrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication clutterunwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen pity, shamean unfortunate development calvary, martyrdomany experience that causes intense suffering skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboarda scandal that is kept secret misadventure, mischance, mishapan instance of misfortune calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedyan event resulting in great loss and misfortune adversitya stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event hardshipsomething that causes or entails suffering knocka bad experience trial, tribulation, visitationan annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event curse, tormenta severe affliction background, background signalextraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured XT, crosstalkthe presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling fadeouta gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances jittersmall rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources atmospheric static, atmospherics, statica crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference white noisea noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration attacka sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition bane, curse, nemesis, scourgesomething causing misery or death happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 3n an angry disturbance they had labor trouble Syn|Hyper bother, fuss, hassle disturbance, perturbation activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption 4n an effort that is inconvenient I went to a lot of trouble he won without any trouble Syn|Hypo|Hyper difficulty the devil something difficult or awkward to do or deal with tsuris(Yiddish) aggravating trouble effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail use of physical or mental energy; hard work 5v to cause inconvenience or discomfort to Sorry to trouble you, but... Syn|Hypo|Hyper bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out distress, straiten bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon 6v take the trouble to do something; concern oneself He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday Syn|Hyper bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself reach, strain, strive to exert much effort or energy 7v cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper ail, pain break out, erupt, recrudesce become raw or open hurt give trouble or pain to 1n a strong feeling of anxiety he wanted to die and end his troubles Syn|Hyper worry anxiety a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune 2v disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed Syn|Hypo|Hyper cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge vex, worry disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress misgivesuggest fear or doubt eat, eat onworry or cause anxiety in a persistent way nagworry persistently disturb, upset move deeply 3v move deeply 3A troubling thought Syn|Hypo|Hyper disturb, upset agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on cause to be agitated, excited, or roused joltdisturb (someone's) composure cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhingedisturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed distresscause mental pain to hype up, psych upget excited or stimulated vex, worrydisturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress bothermake nervous or agitated besiegecause to feel distressed or worried pothermake upset or troubled electrifyexcite suddenly and intensely affect, impress, move, strike have an emotional or cognitive impact upon n an unwanted pregnancy he got several girls in trouble Hyper gestation, maternity, pregnancy the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |
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