trouble: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
例句:
1) He was troubled by his health.
我们都知道“trouble”是“麻烦”,不过我们这里要学习的是它的动词形式,表示“让某人感到痛苦或焦虑”。我们在口语和写作中都能用到它。
在口语中,我们想麻烦别人做某事时,可以先客气地说一句:I’m sorry to trouble you…
在写作中,trouble 是一个经常被低估的、想不到词。例如当我们想表示“担心”时,可能一下子能想到 worry,concern,其实这时候也可以用 trouble。比如:
很多学生有无法集中注意力的问题,就可说:
2) Many students today are constantly troubled by their inability to concentrate.
信息过载给很多人带来了压力,结果是很多人会买一些他们并不需要的线上微课,可以说:
3) People are increasingly troubled by overload of information so much so that they end up buying many online mini-courses that they do not actually need.
很多国际一线城市交通堵塞严重,可以评论:
4) Many international cities, say Los Angeles, Beijing, and New Delhi, are troubled by traffic congestion.
译:最困扰很多二线城市的是人才的短缺。
Shortage A shortage of talents talent troubles many second-tier cities most.
参考翻译:What troubles many second-tier cities the most is a shortage of talent.
注意:
food/water shortage才不加a;
talent用法:
1.talent 统指“才能”,a talent 是“一种才能”,talents 是“多种才能”,都指智力而不指体力。如:
He has talent, but no genius.
He has a talent for languages.
His talents are really astonishing.
2.talent 往往指“有才能的人们”。例如:They are the best talent in the country. a talent 指“一个有才能的人”,talents 指“多个有才能的人”,都不很普通。)
场景:经济下行压力
Many people are troubled by the growing uncertainty in economy.
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 烦恼寻你没办法,总勿自去寻烦恼。
—谚语
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