bother

1. V-T/V-I 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. 費(fèi)心[with brd-neg]

Lots of people don't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days. 很多人如今不費(fèi)心舉辦婚禮了。

Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why bother?

不管我做什么都沒有區(qū)別，那為什么還要費(fèi)心去做呢？

2. N-UNCOUNT 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. 麻煩[also 'a' N]

I usually buy sliced bread – it's less bother. 我通常買切片面包–這樣可以少些麻煩。

The courts take too long and going to the police is a bother. 庭審太費(fèi)時(shí)間，去警察局是件麻煩事。

3. V-T/V-I If something bothers you, or if you bother about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you. 使煩惱; 煩惱

Is something bothering you?

有什么事讓你煩惱嗎？

It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me. 讓我煩惱的是，男孩們對(duì)我不感興趣。

4. botheredADJ 煩惱的[v-link ADJ]

I was bothered about the blister on my hand. 我為手上的水皰感到很心煩。

5. V-T If someone bothers you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy. 打擾

We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me. 我們正在捉弄那個(gè)總是打攪我們的人。

6. PHRASE 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. 懶得

I just can't be bothered to look after the house. 我只是懶得照看那房子。

7. hot and bothered→see hot