✨ 语义深度解析
bother
高考核心词 难度 2/5 ⏱ 3 分钟
核心
使人烦恼,或费心去做某事(往往含「懒得」之意)
释义
1
v.打扰;烦扰(某人)
Sorry to bother you, but could you help me for a moment?
抱歉打扰您,能帮我一下吗?
2
v.费心去做;在意(常用于否定)
Don't bother making excuses—just admit the mistake.
别费心找借口了——直接承认错误吧。
3
v.使烦恼;令人不安
The noise from the street bothered her while she was studying.
街上的噪音令她在学习时感到烦扰
语感
can't be bothered = 懒得费神,是英语中表达「懒/不屑」最地道的说法
打扰烦扰费心懒得(否定结构)
陷阱
⚠️bother 后接结构灵活,两种都对
Don't bother to wake me up early — I'll set an alarm.
bother 后只能接 doing,to do 是错的
bother to do 和 bother doing 都正确,此句完全合法
不用费心叫我起床——我会设闹钟的。
⚠️bother 作「打扰」义的礼貌用法
I'm troubling you with another question.
我再用一个问题打扰您。
英语中礼貌打扰他人,用 bother 或 disturb,而非 trouble(trouble 更强调「给...造成麻烦/困扰」)
Sorry to bother you with another question.
抱歉再次打扰您提问。
近义辨析
bother vs disturb
bother 打扰义:礼貌打断某人;烦扰义:令人不安 disturb 打断某人的专注/休息,中性偏正式
I'm sorry to bother you at such a late hour.
很抱歉这么晚打扰您。
Please do not disturb the guests after 10 pm.
晚10点后请勿打扰客人。
写作加分
此词暂无特别的写作加分用法
常用搭配
bother to do / bother doing费心去做(常见于否定)
can't be bothered to do懒得去做(口语)
sorry to bother you抱歉打扰您(礼貌用语)
don't bother不用费心了;不必了
it bothers me that令我烦恼的是……
词根
bother 像「烦啊」的拟声——听到就感觉被打扰了
考考你
Q1对错判断
判断下面句子里 bother 的用法是否正确:
Don't bother to explaining—I already understand the problem.
✓ 正确版本
Don't bother explaining—I already understand the problem.
不用费心解释了——我已经明白问题所在了。
bother 后接动名词直接写 bother doing(不加 to),或接 bother to do(不定式);bother to explaining 是错误混合形式。
Q2义项辨析
下面哪个句子里 bother 的用法和其他三个最不同?
A
She couldn't be bothered to cook dinner after a long day.
B
Sorry to bother you, but the printer is out of paper.
C
Don't bother waiting for me—I'll be very late.
D
It bothered him that nobody seemed to care.
A/C/D 中 bother 均表示「费心/懒得做某事」或「令人烦恼」;B 中 bother 表示「打扰某人(别人)」,方向相反,义项不同。
Q3语境还原
选择最适合填入空格的词:
After hours of trying to fix the computer, she gave up. 'I ___ be bothered to deal with it anymore,' she said, shutting the lid.
Acan't
Bwon't
Ccouldn't
Dshouldn't
✓ 经过数小时的尝试修复电脑后,她放弃了。「我懒得再处理这件事了,」她说着合上了笔记本盖子。
can't be bothered 是固定口语表达,意为「懒得、不想费神」;won't be bothered 在语法上可以,但 can't be bothered 是这个表达的固定形式,最地道。
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