Bother
['bɒðə] or ['bɑðɚ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
桃乐茜編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex, plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester.
n. [Colloquial.] Perplexity, vexation, annoyance, plague, trouble, bore.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease, confusion,vexation, flurry, trouble
ANT:Calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet
編輯:梅布尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to perplex or tease.—ns. Both′er; Botherā′tion.—adj. Both′ersome.
整理:伊冯
例句/造句/用法:
- I was saying, she told him, that you must not worry about your work because I will not bother you nor interfere. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I recommend you not to bother yourself about it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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! 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Bother justice! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then he put his hand affectionately on Birkin's shoulder, saying: 'Don't you bother about me, Rupert. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Don't bother the woman,' said the turnkey to Weller; 'she's just come in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- 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. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- They did not want to be bothered with it; it was, they conceded, the affairs of kings and princes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You haven't been bothered by any of it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He seemed to me to be pale and bothered. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Without bothering to THINK to a conclusion, Gerald jumped to a conclusion. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It wouldn't have been bothering me. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Now do be still, and stop bothering. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Now, Doctor, don't you come bothering around me with that dictionary bosh. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Let them have the consistency and good sense to cease bothering about men if men's desires seem intrinsically evil. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- That's what bothers me--I can't put my hand on a motive. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It never bothers you? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I HAVE had bothers; and I am grateful to you for wanting to relieve me of them. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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