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VERB
操心;費(fèi)力;麻煩
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.
例句
Lots of people don't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days...
如今很多人不再費(fèi)心思舉行婚禮。
Most of the papers didn't even bother reporting it...
大多數(shù)報(bào)紙甚至懶得去報(bào)道這件事。
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N-UNCOUNT
麻煩;不便;麻煩事
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.
例句
I usually buy sliced bread — it's less bother...
我通常都買(mǎi)切片面包——比較省事。
The courts take too long and going to the police is a bother...
打官司耗時(shí)太久,去找警察也很麻煩。
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N-UNCOUNT
麻煩(用于淡化問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性)
You use bother to refer to serious trouble, usually when you want to make it sound less serious than it really is.
例句
Vince is having a spot of bother with the law.
文斯惹上了點(diǎn)兒官司。
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V-ERG
(使)煩惱;(使)擔(dān)憂;(使)不安
If something bothers you, or if you bother about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you.
例句
Is something bothering you?...
你有什么煩心事嗎?
That kind of jealousy doesn't bother me...
那種嫉妒我并不在意。
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VERB
打擾;煩擾
If someone bothers you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy.
例句
We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me...
我們?cè)谧脚粋€(gè)總是來(lái)煩我的人。
I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
我不明白他為何用這種爛事來(lái)煩我。
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EXCLAM
見(jiàn)鬼;真討厭
Some people say 'bother' or 'bother it' when they are annoyed about something.
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PHRASE
不愿找麻煩;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.
例句
I just can't be bothered to look after the house...
我就是不想費(fèi)事照看這所房子。
Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.
醫(yī)生們才懶得解釋他們所做的事情。
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CONVENTION
這不麻煩;不費(fèi)事;沒(méi)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.
例句
I'll drive you back to your hotel later. It's no bother.
我一會(huì)兒會(huì)開(kāi)車把你送回賓館,舉手之勞。