bothered

英 [ˈbɒðəd]

美 [ˈbɑːðərd]

v.  花费时间精力(做某事); 使(某人)烦恼(或担忧、不安); 给(某人)造成麻烦(或痛苦); 打扰; 搭话烦扰
bother的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：bothered　过去式：bothered　

BNC.21317 / COCA.25954

柯林斯词典

• VERB 操心；费力；麻烦
  If you do notbother todo something or if you do notbother withit, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  1. Lots of people don't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days...
     如今很多人不再费心思举行婚礼。
  2. Most of the papers didn't even bother reporting it...
     大多数报纸甚至懒得去报道这件事。
  3. Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why bother?
     既然我做什么都于事无补，我为什么还要费劲呢？
  4. ...and he does not bother with a helmet either.
     而且他也懒得戴头盔
• N-UNCOUNT 麻烦；不便；麻烦事
  Bothermeans trouble or difficulty. You can also usebotherto refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it.
  1. I usually buy sliced bread — it's less bother...
     我通常都买切片面包——比较省事。
  2. 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。
  3. Most men hate the bother of shaving.
     大多数男士嫌刮胡子麻烦。
• N-UNCOUNT 麻烦（用于淡化问题的严重性）
  You usebotherto refer to serious trouble, usually when you want to make it sound less serious than it really is.
  1. Vince is having a spot of bother with the law.
     文斯惹上了点儿官司。
• V-ERG （使）烦恼；（使）担忧；（使）不安
  If somethingbothersyou, or if youbotherabout it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you.
  1. Is something bothering you?...
     你有什么烦心事吗？
  2. That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me...
     那种嫉妒我并不在意。
  3. It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me...
     男孩子们对我不感兴趣令我很烦恼。
  4. Never bother about people's opinions.
     不要在意人们的看法。
• VERB 打扰；烦扰
  If someonebothersyou, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy.
  1. We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me...
     我们在捉弄一个总是来烦我的人。
  2. I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
     我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。
• 见鬼；真讨厌
  Some people say 'bother' or 'bother it' when they are annoyed about something.
• PHRASE 不愿找麻烦；不想出力
  If you say that youcan't be bothered todo something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  1. I just can't be bothered to look after the house...
     我就是不想费事照看这所房子。
  2. Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.
     医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• hot and bothered→ see:hot

英英释义

adj

• caused to show discomposure
  1. refused to be fazed by the objections
  Synonym:dauntedfazed

双语例句

• Sometimes I just feel like my father, I hate to be bothered.
  有时我就觉得我像我爸爸一样坏，我讨厌被人恼。
• I never noticed if the men I dated were bothered by whatever attention I got when we went out.
  我从来没有发现，如果男性月是困扰我的任何注意我，当我们走了出去。
• Living out of the city, I'm not bothered by the din of urban life.
  住在乡间，可以不为城市生活的烦嚣之声所扰。
• An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered to follow it up.
  一位警官收集了我的供述，但却没有人愿意追查下去。
• I can't be bothered to make up my face.
  我懒得化妆。
• Harry found himself getting angry over little things that had never bothered him before.
  哈里发现自己会因为小事而生气，而以前他从不会在意这些事情。
• You and your husband on the phone, I have not bothered.
  你和你老公在打电话，我就没打扰。
• It's very kind of you but you really shouldn't have bothered.
  你太好了，但你真的不必费心。
• If Iwere you, I would not be bothered by English.
  如果我是你，就不会为英语懊恼了。
• But I think he's really bothered by this.
  我想他确实被这事困扰了。