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。
定義: 怒りの騒動
コロケーション:
botherは40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
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)
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
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