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trouble

分析词义: 「Trouble」一词,通常作为名词使用,指的是问题、困扰、麻烦,也可以作为动词,表示‘困扰’、‘烦扰’。

例如: “I had trouble finding the place.” (我找这个地方有困难。)

列举例句:

  1. “Tom is in trouble with his teacher.” (汤姆招惹了他的老师,现在有麻烦了。)
  2. “Don’t trouble yourself, I can do it.” (不用费心了,我可以做。)
  3. “She had a lot of trouble losing weight.” (她减肥很困难。)

词根分析: Trouble的词根是”turb”, 源于拉丁语,原意是’扰乱’。 由此词根衍生出来的单词有 modern disturbance 和 turbulent。

词缀分析: Trouble没有明显的词缀。

发展历史和文化背景: Trouble这个词在12世纪从法语引入英文,在法语中它来自于拉丁语的’turbo’,原意是混乱,烦恼。

单词变形:

  • 不规则动词变形:trouble, troubled, troubling
  • 名词/动词/形容词/副词:trouble, trouble (使烦恼), troubled (困扰的), troublesomely (令人烦恼地)
  • 固定搭配:have trouble doing something (做某事有困难)

记忆辅助: “Trouble”的记忆可以通过它的同义词“problem”的形象理解,你也可以联想到在生活中的困扰事物和事情,加深记忆。

小故事: “There was trouble among the staff at the office because of lack of communication. Everyone was frustrated and couldn’t focus on their work.”

(办公室的员工之间因为沟通不足出现了问题。大家都很沮丧,无法专注于工作。)