英语词汇“troubling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that's troubling causes you concern or worries you. Your parents might find it troubling if you decide to go to clown school instead of college.

A troubling development for a sports fan might be watching her favorite team lose three games in a row. A patient's troubling cough might spur a doctor to order a chest x-ray. Anything that upsets or disturbs you is troubling. The adjective troubling can be traced back to the Latin word turbidus, "muddy" or "full of confusion."

WORD FAMILY

troubling: troublingly+/trouble: troubled, troubler, troubles, troublesome, troubling, troublous/troubled: troubleder, troubledly, untroubled/troubler: troublers/troublesome: troublesomely, troublesomeness, troublesomest/troublous: troublously/untroubled: untroubledly

USAGE EXAMPLES

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)

A flop of a first half and more meandering in the third quarter put Washington in a troubling spot.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

And in this context, 2016 was not one of those “meandering points of bewilderment” that King described but the continuation of a troubling trend.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

adj causing distress or worry or anxiety

a new and troubling thought

Syn

distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, worrisome, worrying
heavy

marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

单词	troubling
释义	troubling (once / 1232 pages) adj Something that's troubling causes you concern or worries you. Your parents might find it troubling if you decide to go to clown school instead of college. A troubling development for a sports fan might be watching her favorite team lose three games in a row. A patient's troubling cough might spur a doctor to order a chest x-ray. Anything that upsets or disturbs you is troubling. The adjective troubling can be traced back to the Latin word turbidus, "muddy" or "full of confusion." WORD FAMILY troubling: troublingly+/trouble: troubled, troubler, troubles, troublesome, troubling, troublous/troubled: troubleder, troubledly, untroubled/troubler: troublers/troublesome: troublesomely, troublesomeness, troublesomest/troublous: troublously/untroubled: untroubledly USAGE EXAMPLES 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) A flop of a first half and more meandering in the third quarter put Washington in a troubling spot. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) And in this context, 2016 was not one of those “meandering points of bewilderment” that King described but the continuation of a troubling trend. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) adj causing distress or worry or anxiety a new and troubling thought Syn distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, worrisome, worrying heavy marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
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