单词 | troublesome |
释义 | troublesome (once / 637 pages) adj If something is troublesome, it annoys you or gives you difficulty. Your troublesome old car, for example, might be unreliable and have a history of breaking down at the most inconvenient moments. Use the adjective troublesome to describe things — or people — that are worrisome or inconvenient. A troublesome stomach virus will keep you home from work, and a troublesome teenager is a constant source of anxiety and frustration for his parents. The word troublesome adds the suffix some, "tending to or causing," to trouble, which has a Latin Latin root, turbidare, "make trouble or make turbid." Turbid, by the way, means "muddy or full of confusion." WORD FAMILYtroublesome: troublesomely, troublesomeness, troublesomest+/trouble: troubled, troubler, troubles, troublesome, troubling, troublous/troubled: troubleder, troubledly, untroubled/troubler: troublers/troubling: troublingly/troublous: troublously/untroubled: untroubledly USAGE EXAMPLESIt is still carrying all the troublesome volumes, but owner Paul Tang says it is seeing far fewer customers than at this time last year. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) Xinhua noted a "troublesome start" to 2016, probably referring to a sharp fall in the yuan and worry about China's slowing economy roiling markets worldwide. Reuters(Dec 26, 2016) The troublesome aspect to all of this is the lack of new cadets entering the ranks. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) adj difficult to deal with a troublesome infection a troublesome situation Syn difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |
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