bother

/ˈbɒð.ər/

意味: 面倒・迷惑

例文: ALX-9000 said, “Charging? What a bother.”
　　  ALX-9000は「充電なんて面倒だ」と言った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: not bother (気にしない), bother someone (誰かを悩ます), bother to do (するのを面倒に思う)

定義: 何かを気にしたり、悩んだりすること。または、他の人を悩ませたり、迷惑をかけること。

botherは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an angry disturbance
Noun: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Verb: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
Verb: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Verb: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Verb: intrude or enter uninvited
Verb: make nervous or agitated
Verb: make confused or perplexed or puzzled

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please don’t bother me while I’m working on this project.(このプロジェクトに取り組んでいる間は、邪魔しないでください。)
I can’t believe you would bother to ask such a silly question.(そんなくだらない質問をするなんて信じられません。)
It would greatly bother the committee if the proposal was delayed further.(提案がさらに遅れると、委員会に大きな迷惑がかかります。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he didn’t want to make a fuss
Noun: they had labor trouble
Noun: a spot of bother
Noun: washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
Noun: a bit of a bother
Noun: he’s not a friend, he’s an infliction
Verb: He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
Verb: Don’t bother, please
Verb: Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
Verb: It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Verb: Sorry to trouble you, but…
Verb: Don’t bother the professor while she is grading term papers
Verb: The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): annoy, annoyance, bother, botheration, chafe, devil, discommode, disoblige, fuss, get at, get to, gravel, hassle, incommode, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, infliction, irritate, nark, nettle, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, put out, rag, rile, trouble, trouble oneself, vex

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): affect, agitate, confuse, displease, intrude, negative stimulus, perturbation, strive

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): annoy, annoyance, aversive stimulus, barge in, bother, break in, concern, dissatisfy, distract, electrify, extend oneself, fluster, fuss, grief, hit, hydrolize, hype up, influence, kill oneself, magnetic storm, move in on, pother, process, queer, redound, repel, repercuss, slam-dunk, stimulate, strike a blow, subject, tell on, tinge, trouble, trouble oneself

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): antagonize, eat into, fret, get, harass, irritant, nuisance, peeve, plague, ruffle, straiten

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: annoyance, annoyer, bother, botheration, devilment, devilry, deviltry, hassle, inconvenience, irritant, irritation, pain, trouble, vexation, vexer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative