bother
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〘話〙 ではいずれも相手への迷惑を謝ったり, 何かを依頼する際に用いられるが, botherが最も一般的 verb
1. no object, with negative take the trouble to do something: 〖通例否定文で〗〈人が〉わざわざ «…» する «to do, doing» , ｟英｠ «about doing» ; «…に» 手をわずらわす «with» , ｟英｠ «about»
e.g. scientists rarely bother with such niceties
e.g. with infinitive : the driver didn't bother to ask why
e.g. nobody bothered locking the doors.
〈人･物･事が〉〈人〉を悩ませる, 困らせる;〖it ～s A to do〗 A〈人〉が…することを苦にする
e.g. secrecy is an issue that bothers journalists
〖it ～s A that節/when節〗 A〈人〉が…ということで［…するときに］困る
e.g. with object and clause : it bothered me that I hadn't done anything.
〈人が〉 «…について» くよくよ悩む, 心配する, 苦にする «about, with»
e.g. don't bother about me—I'll find my own way home
e.g. he wasn't to bother himself with day-to-day things
e.g. (as adjective bothered) : I'm not particularly bothered about how I look. «…のことで» 〈人が〉(話しかけなどして)〈人〉をじゃまする «with, about» ; «…してくれと» 〈人〉にうるさくせがむ, 面倒をかける «to do»
e.g. she didn't feel she could bother Mike with the problem.
noun
｟主に英｠ (少しの間の) «…についての» 面倒, 骨折り(trouble) «with» ; 騒ぎ e.g. he saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech
e.g. it may seem like too much bother to cook just for yourself.
｟英｠ ; 〖a ～〗 やっかいな人［物］, 悩みの種
e.g. I hope she hasn't been a bother.
PHRASES
be unwilling to make the effort to do something:
e.g. they couldn't be bothered to look it up.
in a state of anxiety or physical discomfort.
ORIGIN