bother

【bother音标】 英[ˈbɒðə(r)] 美[ˈbɑ:ðər]

【单词释义】 bother是什么意思：

vt.烦扰，打扰；使…不安，使…恼怒；使…担心；使迷惑；烦恼

vi.操心；麻烦；烦恼

n.麻烦，操心；累赘；烦扰，吵闹；讨厌的人

[单词分级] 高考英语词汇

[单词复数] bothers [第三人称单数] bothers

[单词现在分词] bothering

[单词过去式] bothered

[单词过去分词] bothered

【单词例句】

◇ However, it bothered him from time to time that their health was in poor condition because they were unable to resist illnesses. This drawback cast him down.
然而，使他不时地烦恼的是，因为它们无法抵抗疾病，使得它们的健康状况极差。这个缺点让他很沮丧。

---- Be Careful about Cloning

◇ What bothered her most was that she received no apology when her sleeping was disturbed by a barking dog in a shopkeeper's cage.
最使她烦恼的是，一名店主笼子里的狗的吠叫闹得她睡不好觉，但却没有任何人向她道歉。

---- Study in America

◇ I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. And I want a wife who type my papers for me when I have written them.
我想要个妻，她不得对我唠唠叨叨，抱怨不已。而我学习上遇到困难时向她述说，她可得听，我写的论文还待她来誊清。

---- I Want a Wife

◇ But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I'll throw you to the sky!”
大事老虎十分愤怒："讨厌!我要把你扔到天上去。"

---- A Smart Tortoise