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IELTS BNC: 2132 COCA: 2189
bother
bɒðəʳ ˈbɑðər
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense bothers, present participle bothering, past tense , past participle bothered
1 VERB 操心;费力;麻烦 If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy. 操心;费力;麻烦
  • Lots of people don't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days. [VERB to-infinitive]

    如今很多人不再费心思举行婚礼。

  • Most of the papers didn't even bother reporting it. [VERB verb-ing]

    大多数报纸甚至懒得去报道这件事。

  • Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why bother? [VERB]

    既然我做什么都于事无补,我为什么还要费劲呢?

  • ...and he does not bother with a helmet either. [V + with/about]

    而且他也懒得戴头盔

SYN concern yourself, take the time, make the effort, go to the trouble
2 N-UNCOUNT [oft a NOUN] 麻烦;不便;麻烦事 Bother means trouble or difficulty. You can also use bother to refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it. 麻烦;不便;麻烦事
  • I usually buy sliced bread — it's less bother.

    我通常都买切片面包比较省事。

  • The courts take too long and going to the police is a bother.

    打官司耗时太久,去找警察也很麻烦。

  • Most men hate the bother of shaving.

    大多数男士嫌刮胡子麻烦。

3 N-UNCOUNT 麻烦(用于淡化问题的严重性) You use bother to refer to serious trouble, usually when you want to make it sound less serious than it really is. 麻烦(用于淡化问题的严重性) [British, informal, vagueness]
  • Vince is having a spot of bother with the law.

    文斯惹上了点儿官司。

4 V-ERG (使)烦恼;(使)担忧;(使)不安 If something bothers you, or if you bother about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you. (使)烦恼;(使)担忧;(使)不安 [Also V n wh]
  • Is something bothering you?. [VERB noun]

    你有什么烦心事吗?

  • That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me. [VERB noun]

    那种嫉妒我并不在意。

  • It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me. [VERB noun that]

    男孩子们对我不感兴趣令我很烦恼。

  • Never bother about people's opinions. [VERB + about]

    不要在意人们的看法。

bothered
  • I was bothered about the blister on my hand.

    手上起的水泡让我心烦。

  • I'm not bothered if he has another child.

    我不担心他有另一个孩子。

5 VERB 打扰;烦扰 If someone bothers you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy. 打扰;烦扰
  • We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me. [VERB noun]

    我们在捉弄一个总是来烦我的人。

  • I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish. [V n + with/about]

    我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。

SYN pester, plague, irritate, put out
6 EXCLAM 见鬼;真讨厌 Some people say 'bother' or 'bother it' when they are annoyed about something. 见鬼;真讨厌 [mainly British, old-fashioned, feelings]
7 PHRASE 不愿找麻烦;不想出力 If you say that you can't be bothered to do something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy. 不愿找麻烦;不想出力
  • I just can't be bothered to look after the house.

    我就是不想费事照看这所房子。

  • Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.

    医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。

8 CONVENTION 这不麻烦;不费事;没什么 If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort. 这不麻烦;不费事;没什么 [emphasis]
  • I'll drive you back to your hotel later. It's no bother.

    我一会儿会开车把你送回宾馆,举手之劳。

9 hot and bothered→see: hot 
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IELTS BNC: 2132 COCA: 2189
bother

noun

VERB + BOTHER | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERB + BOTHERhave (especially BrE) 有麻煩I had a little bother finding your house.找到你家我可費了點兒事。cause, give sb (both especially BrE) 引起/帶給某人麻煩Your little boy didn't give me any bother.你的小兒子沒有給我帶來任何麻煩。go to找麻煩I wouldn't go to the bother of making the cakes myself.我不會找麻煩自己做蛋糕的。put sb to (BrE) 給某人帶來麻煩I'd love to come and stay with you, but I don't want to put you to any bother.我想來跟你待在一起,但我不想給你添亂。save sb省去某人的麻煩Getting a taxi will save you the bother of picking me up from the station.我打個車,你就不用費事到車站接我了。PREPOSITIONwithout any bother (especially BrE) 一點兒麻煩也沒有We found the hotel without any bother.我們毫不費力就找到了旅館。bother to對⋯來說麻煩I don't mind taking care of your dog-it's no bother to me.我不介意照看你的狗,這對我來說一點兒也不麻煩。bother with⋯有麻煩He's having a little bother with his computer.他的電腦出了點兒毛病。PHRASESa bit of bother, a little bother, a lot of bother, a spot of bother (all especially BrE) 一點兒麻煩;很大的麻煩;麻煩處He's in a bit of bother with the police.他跟警方有點兒麻煩。no bother不麻煩It was no bother having the children to stay.讓孩子們留下來一點兒也不麻煩。
IELTS BNC: 2132 COCA: 2189
bother noun
difficulty
bother verb
interrupt (stop bothering me) worry2 (It doesn't bother me.)
IELTS BNC: 2132 COCA: 2189
bother
To not act, or to not do something: bother, abstain, neglect...
To make someone angry or annoyed: annoy, provoke, anger...
To make someone feel sad or upset: upset, wound, disturb...
To make someone afraid or frightened: frighten, alarm, scare...
Small and minor problems: hitch, triviality, bother...
Something that is annoying: annoyance, irritation, irritant...
People who cause trouble or problems: troublemaker, nuisance, trial...

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