喜樂美語
  1. 1a/ˈtrʌbəld/worried, upset憂心的 / 心事重重的

    Worried or upset, so that you keep thinking about the thing that is bothering you. It often shows on your face, in your eyes, or in the way you sleep.

    「troubled」講的是擔心到「放不下」，那件事一直在腦子裡轉，所以臉上、眼神、睡眠都看得出來。跟 worried 比，troubled 更沉、更持續，也更常用來描述外表看得出來的樣子（a troubled look、look troubled）。

    示範例句 · Example

    Benson looked troubled when he heard the news, and he stayed quiet for a long time.

    中文翻譯班森在他聽到那個消息時看起來心事重重，而且他保持安靜了很久。

    常見搭配

    • look troubled

      看起來心事重重

      to have a worried expression that other people can see

      Benson looked troubled when he heard the news.

    • a troubled look

      憂心的神情

      a worried expression on someone's face

      She had a troubled look on her face.

    • troubled eyes

      憂慮的眼神

      eyes that show someone is worried

      He turned his troubled eyes toward the window.

    • a troubled sleep

      不安穩的睡眠

      sleep that keeps being broken by worry

      She fell into a troubled sleep just after midnight.

    • exchange troubled glances

      交換擔憂的眼神

      to look at each other in a worried way

      Oliver and Hana exchanged troubled glances.

    意思相反

    untroubledrelaxedcarefreecalm

  2. 2a/ˈtrʌbəld/full of problems多災多難的 / 動盪的

    Having a lot of problems. Used about a period of time, a place, a company, a relationship, or a person's life, when things keep going wrong over a long time.

    這個 troubled 不是形容某人的心情，而是形容一段時間、一個地方、一家公司或一段關係「問題一個接一個」。它常放在名詞前面：troubled times、a troubled marriage、a troubled company，重點是麻煩持續了很久，不是一次意外。

    常見搭配

    • troubled times

      動盪、艱難的時期

      a period when there are many problems

      These are troubled times for the coal industry.

    • a troubled marriage/relationship

      問題很多的婚姻／關係

      a marriage or relationship with many problems

      The film follows a troubled marriage over ten years.

    • a troubled childhood

      辛苦、不安穩的童年

      a childhood with many difficulties

      Greg had a troubled childhood.

    • a troubled company

      營運出問題的公司

      a company that is losing money or failing

      The bank agreed to help the troubled company.

    • a troubled history

      問題不斷的過去

      a past full of problems

      The club has a short, troubled history.

    意思相反

    peacefulstableprosperousuntroubled

  3. 3a/ˈtrʌbəld/hard to handle (troubled waters)棘手的 / 充滿爭議的

    Used about a subject or situation that is hard to deal with because people disagree strongly about it and problems come up easily. Most often in the phrase troubled waters.

    這個用法幾乎都出現在 troubled waters（字面是「不平靜的水域」）。可以想成一艘船開進風浪很大的海——話題一碰就有人吵起來，很難平安通過。所以 enter the troubled waters of... 是「踏進某個敏感又難處理的領域」。

    常見搭配

    • troubled waters

      棘手、易起爭議的領域

      a difficult situation or subject where people disagree

      We don't want to enter the troubled waters of race and religion.

    • enter troubled waters

      踏進敏感難處理的領域

      to start dealing with a difficult, sensitive subject

      The debate entered troubled waters after the first question.

    • pour oil on troubled waters

      平息爭端、緩和氣氛

      to do or say something that makes an angry situation calm again

      The head teacher poured oil on troubled waters and both sides sat down again.

    意思相反

    safeuncontroversialcalm

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

troubledadj/ˈtɹʌbl̩d/

  • 1

    Anxious, worried, careworn.

    • Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
  • 2

    Afflicted by difficulties.

    • The troubled Internet company announced another round of layoffs last week.
    • If you're southbound you shouldn't be troubled by any rain this morning.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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