trouble /ˈtrʌbl/ I. n. 1.［c］&［u］ 麻烦，烦心的事: I’m sorry to put you to so much trouble. 真对不起,给您添了这么多麻烦。 2.［u］困难，费事: Will it be too much trouble to you to do this? 请你干这件事,您费不费事? have trouble (in)… 有困难，费事：He had no trouble (in) working out the problem.他不费力解出了这个题目。［考句］Sometimes children have trouble separating fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.有时，孩子们很难分清事实与虚构的事物，因此就有可能认为这样的事情确实存在。3.［u］疾病，毛病: He has heart (eye, lung) trouble.他患有心脏病(眼疾，肺病)。The car trouble delayed our journey. 汽车的毛病耽搁了我们的行程。 4.［u］问题: The only trouble is that the plan won’t work. 惟一的问题是计划行不通。 5. 纷争，动乱( pl.): trouble(s) between two persons 两人间的纠纷；political troubles 政治动乱；ask for/look for trouble 自找麻烦；get into (out of) trouble 陷入(摆脱)困境；put sb.to trouble 给某人添麻烦；take trouble 不辞辛苦 in (deep) trouble 深陷困境(苦恼)中：He's been in trouble with the police.他与警察有麻烦。‖II. vi. & vt.麻烦，打扰，使难过(不安)：Don’t trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. ［谚］麻烦找你没有办法，万万不要自找麻烦。What troubles me most is that… 最使我不安的是…
troublesome /ˈtrʌblsəm/ adj. 麻烦的，伤脑筋的，令人讨厌的：a troublesome child (student) 令人头疼的孩子(学生) Schools are removing troublesome pupils. 学校正在开除那些烦人的学生。It is a troublesome question.那是一个棘手的问题。Chinese characters are troublesome to write.汉字很难写。
