【trouble音标】 英[ˈtrʌbl] 美[ˈtrʌbl]
【单词释义】 trouble是什么意思：
n.麻烦；困难；烦恼；故障；动乱
vi.费心；烦恼
vt.麻烦；使烦恼；折磨
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] troubles [第三人称单数] troubles
[单词现在分词] troubling
[单词过去式] troubled
[单词过去分词] troubled
【trouble形近词/近似词】
bauble n.小玩意；装饰品；无价值的东西
voluble adj.喋喋不休的；健谈的；爱说话的；口若悬河的
double adj.双的；两倍的 v.使加倍 n.两倍
【近义词解析】
◇ 困境
difficulty (n. 困境)：指遇到困难的情况。His business has faced difficulty with debt
dilemma (n. 困境)：指进退两难、难以抉择的境地。
trouble (n. 困境；险境)：指可能招致批评或惩罚的困难或危险处境。
【单词例句】
◇ The butterfly did not like to take too much trouble, so he flew off on a visit to the daisies. The French call this flower "Marguerite,"and they say that the little daisy can prophesy.
蝴蝶不愿意招来麻烦，因此就飞到雏菊那儿去。法国人把这种小花叫做“玛加丽特”（註：原文是“Margreth”，这个字是“雏菊”的意思；欧美有许多女子用这个字作为名字。）。他们知道，她能作出预言。
---- The Butterfly
◇ But the king was displeased at her tears, and he said, "Don’t despise the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble."
但是国王对她的眼泪感到很不悦，就说道：“不要瞧不起青蛙。当你有困难时是它帮了你。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Merciful God blessing, an abrupt freezing rainfall made his powder wet. Luckily, the trouble was without any extension except that he crashed into a greengrocer’s making all the ripe fruits become messy jam.
仁慈的上帝保佑，一场突然降临的冻雨打湿了他的火药，使他造成的麻烦没有扩大，只是撞入一间水果店，把所有成熟的水果都压成一塌糊涂的果酱。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes.
他一点也不关心他的军队，也不喜欢去看戏。除非是为了炫耀一下新衣服，他也不喜欢乘着马车逛公园。
◇ Not fearing of the prison guards’ cruelty, he kept active and begged no mercy from them. As a matter of fact, he was always hopeful and never lost heart during the stage even though he was in trouble.
在狱中，他毫不畏惧狱警的残酷，始终保持积极的态度，不向他们乞求怜悯。实际上，他在任何一个困境时期都充满着希望，从未灰心。
---- The Great President
◇ The 37-year-old woman, who is identified only as Jasmine, said she cleaned her ears every night with cotton swabs, according to the Australian magazine That's Life! But over time, she noticed she had trouble hearing out of her left ear, and finally went to the doctor. She was initially told she had an ear infection, and was given antibiotics.
澳大利亚的《这就是生活！》杂志报道称，这位名为茉莉的37岁女性说，她每天晚上用棉签清洁耳朵。久而久之，她注意到左耳听力出现问题，最后去看了医生。一开始，医生说她有耳部感染并给她开了抗生素。
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ "You should never have a child in the same room as an operating treadmill," Stevenson said. "That's asking for trouble. All it takes is a split second for a kid to put his hand on the belt or underneath."
史蒂芬森说：“你永远不要让孩子进入一个开着跑步机的房间。这是自找麻烦。孩子把手放在跑带上或跑带下，那就是一瞬间的事。”
---- How to use treadmills safely
◇ A company is going to expect that mistakes will be made at one time or another and they want to understand what sort of trouble you might have caused in the past.
公司认为，员工总会有犯错误的时候，他们想知道你在过去曾造成过什么麻烦。
---- Five most common questions asked at a job interview
◇ This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad… When we grow up, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble.
这是一个发生在每一个人身上的故事。那棵树就像我们的父母。我们小的时候，喜欢和爸爸妈妈玩……长大后，便离开他们，只有在我们需要父母亲，或是遇到了困难的时候，才会回去找他们。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ That was ten years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
那已经是十年前的事情了。现在我已经成为一名成功的商人。无论何时当我感到沮丧，回想到世界上的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小女孩以及她教给我的那堂不寻常的课。
---- World of Smiles