Making you worried, in a quiet way that stays with you. Something troubling is not frightening — it does not make you run. It is the piece of news you keep thinking about while you brush your teeth.

Making you worried讓你感到擔心, in a quiet way that stays with you用一種安安靜靜、卻會一直放在心上的方式。Something troubling某件troubling的事 is not frightening不會讓人害怕 — it does not make you run不會讓你想逃跑。It它 is the piece of news you keep thinking about while you brush your teeth就是那種你刷牙時還一直想著的消息。

'The report contains some troubling findings.' 'I found his silence troubling.' Compare it with its neighbour troublesome, because students mix them constantly: troublesome things cause you practical bother, troubling things disturb your mind. A troublesome cough keeps you coughing; a troubling cough makes you wonder if something is wrong.

'The report contains some troubling findings.'像「The report contains some troubling findings.」 'I found his silence troubling.'或「I found his silence troubling.」 Compare it with its neighbour troublesome拿它跟它的鄰居troublesome比一比, because students mix them constantly因為學生老是把兩個字搞混: troublesome things cause you practical bother troublesome的事情會給你帶來實際上的麻煩, troubling things disturb your mind troubling的事情則會攪擾你的心思。A troublesome cough一個troublesome的咳嗽 keeps you coughing會讓你一直咳; a troubling cough而一個troubling的咳嗽 makes you wonder if something is wrong則會讓你懷疑是不是出了什麼問題。

The word is quite formal and belongs mostly to writing and serious speech — news reports, doctors, teachers being careful. It is often chosen exactly because it is restrained: a journalist who writes 'troubling' rather than 'shocking' is telling you this is bad while keeping a calm, measured voice. That restraint can make it hit harder, not softer.

The word這個字 is quite formal相當正式, and belongs mostly to writing and serious speech主要用在書面和嚴肅的談話裡 — news reports, doctors, teachers being careful像新聞報導、醫生、老師謹慎發言的時候。It它 is often chosen exactly because it is restrained常常被選用正是因為它很節制: a journalist who writes 'troubling' rather than 'shocking'一個寫「troubling」而不寫「shocking」的記者 is telling you this is bad while keeping a calm, measured voice是在告訴你這件事很糟，同時保持冷靜、有分寸的語氣。That restraint這種節制 can make it hit harder, not softer反而可能讓它的力道更重，而不是更輕。

There is also the plain -ing form of the verb, as in 'What's troubling you?' — a gentle, kind way of asking someone what is wrong.

There is also the plain -ing form of the verb動詞本身也有單純的-ing形式, as in 'What's troubling you?'像「What's troubling you?」 — a gentle, kind way of asking someone what is wrong這是一種溫和、體貼的問法，問對方是不是有什麼不對勁。