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Something bothersome is a little . It gets in your way or nags at you, but it is not a disaster — a bothersome noise from next door, a bothersome cough that will not leave. The word is milder than terrible or awful, and a bit softer, even a bit older-sounding, than . Though actually, you will still meet it in writing; in speech many people just say , a nuisance, or a pain. It usually describes the thing, not your feelings: a bothersome question. If you say you are bothered, that is how you feel; if you say something is bothersome, that is what the thing is.
煩人的、討人厭的
組成bother + -some (a suffix meaning “causing that” or “full of that”). From bother + -some.
同家族的字
- botherthe first piece; a bothersome thing is one that bothers you
- troublesomesame -some ending, and a close meaning: causing a bit of trouble
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bothersomeadj/ˈbɔðəsəm/
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Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
- bothersome detail
- The mosquito bites were bothersome.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。