Bother
['bɒðə] or ['bɑðɚ]
解释:
(verb.) make confused or perplexed or puzzled.
(verb.) make nervous or agitated; 'The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster'.
(verb.) intrude or enter uninvited; 'Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers'.
桃乐茜编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
(v. i.) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
(n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
阿加莎手打
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex, plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester.
n. [Colloquial.] Perplexity, vexation, annoyance, plague, trouble, bore.
安德鲁手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease, confusion,vexation, flurry, trouble
ANT:Calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet
编辑:梅布尔
解释:
v.t. to perplex or tease.—ns. Both′er; Botherā′tion.—adj. Both′ersome.
整理:伊冯
例句:
- I was saying, she told him, that you must not worry about your work because I will not bother you nor interfere. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- I recommend you not to bother yourself about it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- At moments it seemed to him he did not care a straw whether Ursula or Hermione or anybody else existed or did not exiSt. Why bother! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Bother justice! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Then he put his hand affectionately on Birkin's shoulder, saying: 'Don't you bother about me, Rupert. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He shan't bother you much; at home he will be away from you in the nursery, and he shall go outside on the coach with me. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Don't bother the woman,' said the turnkey to Weller; 'she's just come in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Suspense was the devil, and he could not think why Leinster bothered at all about going to Spain unless he really had some such intention. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- They did not want to be bothered with it; it was, they conceded, the affairs of kings and princes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- You haven't been bothered by any of it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- No, she's not to be bothered with me, but you like that sort of thing, unless you've suddenly lost your taste for it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- For some little time past Mr. Edison had noticed that he was bothered somewhat in reading print, and I asked him to have an oculist give him reading-glasses. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He seemed to me to be pale and bothered. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Private enterprise, therefore, so far from bothering about the public need of housing, did nothing but corner and speculate in rents and sub-letting. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He had seen them shot and left to swell beside the road, nobody bothering to do more than strip them of their cartridges and their valuables. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Without bothering to THINK to a conclusion, Gerald jumped to a conclusion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It wouldn't have been bothering me. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Now do be still, and stop bothering. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Now, Doctor, don't you come bothering around me with that dictionary bosh. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Let them have the consistency and good sense to cease bothering about men if men's desires seem intrinsically evil. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- That's what bothers me--I can't put my hand on a motive. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- It never bothers you? 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- And if we think in terms of men, find out what really bothers them, seek to supply what they really want, hold only their experience sacred, we shall find our sanction obvious and unchallenged. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I HAVE had bothers; and I am grateful to you for wanting to relieve me of them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
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