9.28 trouble

9.28 trouble

英英释义：to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

例句：He was troubled by his health.

解析：我们都知道“trouble”是“麻烦”，不过我们这里要学习的是它的动词形式，表示“让某人感到痛苦或焦虑”。我们在口语和写作中都能用到它。

在口语中，我们想麻烦别人做某事时，可以先客气地说一句：I’m sorry to trouble you…

在写作中，trouble 是一个经常被低估的、想不到词。例如当我们想表示“担心”时，可能一下子能想到 worry，concern，其实这时候也可以用 trouble。

例1:比如很多学生有无法集中注意力的问题，就可以说：

Many students are troubled by their inability to concentrate.

Inability to to sth

例2:再比如，信息过载给很多人带来了压力，结果是很多人会买一些他们并不需要的线上微课，就可以说：

Many people are troubled by information overloading, the result is some people bought online courses that they don’t need.

(翻译原文：People are increasingly troubled by overload of information so much so that they end up buying many online mini-courses that they do not actually need.)

信息过载 overload of information ,结果是 so that they end up buying , 用end up doing

例三：很多国际一线城市交通堵塞严重，我们就可以评论说：

Many international tier1 cities are troubled by severe traffic jam.

(原文翻译 Many international cities, say Los Angeles, Beijing, and New Delhi, are troubled by traffic congestion.)

翻译：

1.      最困扰很多二线城市的是人才的短缺。

Many tier2 cities are most troubled by the lack of talent.

（参考翻译：What troubles many second-tier cities the most is a shortage of talent.）

最困扰 What troubles…is… 二线城市 second-tier cities 人才短缺 a shortage of talent

2.      场景：最困扰我的是该如何才能提高英文输出表达。

翻译：What troubles me most is the way of improving my written and speaking English.