核心畫面

Picture a plan that was running smoothly until something small gets in the way — the lift is out of order, so you take the ; the road is closed, so you go the long way round. Nothing is ruined. The path just became slower and more work than it should have been.

可以想成:本來順順的安排被什麼東西卡了一下——電梯壞了改走樓梯,路封了得繞一大圈。事情沒有毀掉,只是變得比原本費事、更多收起可以想成:本來順順的安排被什麼東西卡了一下——電梯壞了改走樓梯,路封了得繞一大圈。事情沒有毀掉,只是變得比原本費事、費時。inconvenience 講的就是這種「還不到災難、但真的很煩」的阻礙。

From the picture

動詞:給人添麻煩

把那份不便交給一個具體的人去承受,名詞就變成動詞:某件事讓你的安排多繞了路。核心畫面沒變,只是從「有這個麻煩」變成「造成這個麻煩給誰」。

cause trouble for · verb · C1

To cause problems for someone by making their plans harder or less easy.

給…帶來不便;添麻煩

Also in this word

trouble, difficulty · noun · C1

Trouble or difficulty caused by something that makes your plans harder or less easy.

不便;麻煩

person or thing causing trouble · noun · C1

A person or thing that causes problems or makes things harder for you.

麻煩事;不便之處

原始詞典資料3 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。

inconveniencenoun/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/

  • 1

    The quality of being inconvenient.

    • They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
  • 2

    Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

    • [Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.
    • The inconveniences that must be endured before the modernisation plan can come into action may be seen at Coventry, where since August the station has been in the throes of rebuilding.

inconvenienceverb/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/

  • 1

    To bother; to discomfort.

    • He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。