troubling
令人不安的,烦人的,令人不安的是,烦人的事
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Definitions
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trou·bled, trou·bling.
- : to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- : to put to inconvenience, exertion, pains, or the like: May I trouble you to shut the door?
- : to cause bodily pain, discomfort, or disorder to; afflict: to be troubled by arthritis.
- : to annoy, vex, or bother: Don't trouble her with petty complaints now.
- : to disturb, agitate, or stir up so as to make turbid, as water or wine: A heavy gale troubled the ocean waters.
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trou·bled, trou·bling.
- : to put oneself to inconvenience, extra effort, or the like.
- : to be distressed or agitated mentally; worry: She always troubled over her son's solitariness.
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- : difficulty, annoyance, or harassment: It would be no trouble at all to advise you.
- : unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurrence; misfortune: Financial trouble may threaten security.
- : civil disorder, disturbance, or conflict: political trouble in the new republic; labor troubles.
- : a physical disorder, disease, ailment, etc.; ill health: heart trouble; stomach trouble.
- : mental or emotional disturbance or distress; worry: Trouble and woe were her lot in life.
- : an instance of this: some secret trouble weighing on his mind; a mother who shares all her children's troubles.
- : effort, exertion, or pains in doing something; inconvenience endured in accomplishing some action, deed, etc.: The results were worth the trouble it took.
- : an objectionable feature; problem; drawback: The trouble with your proposal is that it would be too costly to implement.
- : something or someone that is a cause or source of disturbance, distress, annoyance, etc.
- : a personal habit or trait that is a disadvantage or a cause of mental distress:His greatest trouble is oversensitivity.
- : the Troubles, the violence and civil war in Ireland, 1920–22.the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969.
Phrases
- trouble one's head with
- trouble someone for
- borrow trouble
- fish in troubled waters
- go to the trouble
- in trouble with
- pour oil on troubled waters
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Examples
Students who write proofs for the first time can have trouble knowing what they need and understanding the logical structure.
On city streets, they can be more trouble than they’re worth.
“If we’re selecting for animals that produce more without having a way to cool off, we’re going to run into trouble,” she says.
In primary elections over the last few months, states that rapidly expanded mail voting often had trouble delivering ballots to voters on time.
A prominent North County Republican shouldn’t have this much trouble.
Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.
What is most troubling is our – and I do mean “our” and not “their” – never treating these situations as learning opportunities.
Which was sweet and also troubling, because it meant that I have never shut up about wanting to be Peter Pan.
These are two in a laundry list of troubling connections between the two companies.
None of this would be so troubling if the use of zero-days in Stuxnet were an isolated event.
Indeed, indeed, Mr. Spurrell, we couldn't think of troubling you under the circumstances!
I am very much obliged for your continued favours, and beg pardon for so often troubling you.
As he was bowing his farewell, a sudden impulse to speak, and set the matter that was troubling her at rest, came over her.
These gentlemen respected me for myself alone without troubling their heads about my ancestors.
His robe was handed back to him, and he was left to lie there, no one troubling himself further about him.