But this vote of confidence in Oprah sends a troubling message at precisely the time when American universities need to do more to advance the cause of reason.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
He felt troubled about the weakening of American craftsmanship.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
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N-UNCOUNT
麻煩;困難;問題
You can refer to problems or difficulties as trouble .
例句
I had trouble parking...
我停車有困難。
You've caused us a lot of trouble...
你給我們造成了很多麻煩。
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N-SING
麻煩;問題;引起麻煩的事
If you say that one aspect of a situation is the trouble, you mean that it is the aspect which is causing problems or making the situation unsatisfactory.
例句
The trouble is that these restrictions have remained while other things have changed...
問題是其他事情都變了，而這些條條框框還在。
Your trouble is that you can't take rejection.
你的問題是不能接受拒絕。
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N-PLURAL
苦惱;煩惱;憂慮
Your troubles are the things that you are worried about.
例句
She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine…
我和她互相傾訴煩惱。
She kept her troubles to herself.
她把煩心事都放在心里。
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疾病;不適;疼痛
If you have kidney trouble or back trouble, for example, there is something wrong with your kidneys or your back.
例句
An unsuitable bed is the most likely cause of back trouble…
不合適的床最有可能引起背部疼痛。
Her husband had never before had any heart trouble...
她丈夫以前從來沒得過任何心臟疾病。
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騷亂;動亂
If there is trouble somewhere, especially in a public place, there is fighting or rioting there.
例句
Riot police are being deployed throughout the city to prevent any trouble...
正在全城部署防暴警察以防止發生騷亂。
Fans who make trouble during the World Cup will be severely dealt with.
在世界杯期間鬧事的球迷將受到嚴懲。
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費事;不便
If you tell someone that it is no trouble to do something for them, you are saying politely that you can or will do it, because it is easy or convenient for you.
例句
It's no trouble at all; on the contrary, it will be a great pleasure to help you...
根本不費事，恰恰相反，非常榮幸能幫到你。
Will it be any trouble to get over here that quickly?
那么快來這里會不會有什么不便？
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需勞神費力的人(或動物)
If you say that a person or animal is no trouble, you mean that they are very easy to look after.
例句
My little grandson is no trouble at all, but his 6-year-old elder sister is rude and selfish.
我的小孫子一點都不讓人操心，但是他6歲大的姐姐卻野蠻而又自私。
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VERB
使苦惱;使煩惱;使憂慮
If something troubles you, it makes you feel rather worried.
例句
Is anything troubling you?...
有什么事情讓你煩惱嗎？
He was troubled by the lifestyle of his son.
他對兒子的生活方式感到很擔心。
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VERB
使感到疼痛(或不適)
If a part of your body troubles you, it causes you physical pain or discomfort.
例句
The ulcer had been troubling her for several years.
潰瘍已經折磨她好幾年了。
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VERB
費心;勞神
If you say that someone does not trouble to do something, you are critical of them because they do not behave in the way that they should do, and you think that this would require very little effort.
例句
He yawns, not troubling to cover his mouth...
他打了個哈欠，都懶得抬抬手遮一下嘴巴。
He hadn't troubled himself to check his mirrors...
他都沒想要看看后視鏡。
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VERB
麻煩;打擾
You use trouble in expressions such as I'm sorry to trouble you when you are apologizing to someone for disturbing them in order to ask them something.
例句
I'm sorry to trouble you, but I wondered if by any chance you know where he is...
對不起打擾了，但我想打聽一下您是否知道他在哪里。
I hate to trouble you, but Aunt Lina's birthday is coming up and I would like to buy something nice for her.
我真不愿打擾您，但莉娜阿姨的生日就要到了，我想給她買點好東西。
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PHRASE
處于困境;惹麻煩;將受懲罰
If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong.
例句
He was in trouble with his teachers...
老師們都想好好教訓他。
The person who loaned them to me got into terrible trouble for it.
把那筆錢借給我的那個人因此倒霉了。
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PHRASE
費力;費神
If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
例句
It is worth taking the trouble to sieve the fruit by hand…
值得費點勁用手挑挑果子。
He did not take the trouble to see the film before he attacked it.
他在批評那部電影之前都懶得費神欣賞。
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PHRASE
得不償失;費時又費力
If you say that someone or something is more trouble than they are worth, you mean that they cause you a lot of problems or take a lot of time and effort and you do not achieve or gain very much in return.
例句
Some grumbled that Johnson was more trouble than he was worth...
有人抱怨說根本不值得為約翰遜浪費精力。
Learning more about it always seemed more trouble than it was worth.
似乎總是覺得沒必要為進一步了解它而大費工夫。