troub‧le 1 S1 W2 / trʌb ə l / 名词

1 problems [不可数名词] ( also troubles [复数形式] ) problems or difficulties

trouble with

We’re having a lot of trouble with the new computer system.

Recent stock market losses point to trouble ahead.

2 bad point [单数形式] used when saying what is bad about a person or situation or what causes problems :

The trouble with you is that you don’t listen.

The trouble is there are too many people and not enough places.

But no one ever remembers – that’s the trouble .

You never think, that’s your trouble .

3 bad situation in/into/out of trouble

a) if someone or something is in trouble, they are in a situation with a lot of problems :

He admitted that their marriage was in trouble.

get/run into trouble

The company ran into trouble when it tried to expand too quickly.

in serious/deep trouble

The economy was in serious trouble.

the dangers of trying to borrow your way out of trouble

b) if someone is in trouble, they have done something which someone will punish them for or be angry about

in deep/big trouble

We’ll be in big trouble if Mr Elliott finds out.

in trouble with somebody

I think I’m in trouble with Dad.

I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to get into trouble .

keep/stay out of trouble

I hope Tim stays out of trouble this year.

4 fighting [不可数名词] fighting, violence, or violent behaviour :

If the kids start to cause trouble , ask them to move on.

A handful of people came looking for trouble .

If you start any trouble , you’ll regret it.

There was crowd trouble before the match.

5 worries [不可数名词] ( also troubles [复数形式] ) problems in your life which you are worried about :

He poured out all his troubles to me (= told me all about his problems ) .

6 effort [不可数名词] an amount of effort and time that is needed to do something

take the trouble to do something (= make a special effort to do something )

The teacher took the trouble to learn all our names on the first day.

They’ve obviously gone to a lot of trouble to arrange everything.

save somebody the trouble (of doing something)

If you’d asked me first, I could have saved you the trouble.

I find that making my own clothes is more trouble than it’s worth (= takes too much time and effort ) .

7 no trouble used to say politely that you are happy to do something for someone :

‘Are you sure you don’t mind?’ ‘It’s no trouble.’

The kids were no trouble (= used to say you were happy to look after them because they were well-behaved ) .

8 health [不可数名词] a problem that you have with your health :

He has trouble with his breathing.

heart/stomach/skin etc trouble

He suffers from back trouble.

9 machine/system [不可数名词] when something is wrong with a machine, vehicle, or system :

engine trouble

trouble with

He had to retire from the race because of trouble with the gearbox.

Grammar

Trouble is usually an uncountable 名词 . Never say ‘a trouble’ :

Are you having trouble (NOT a trouble) with your car?

COLLOCATIONS

动词

have trouble He is having trouble getting his message across to the voters.

have no trouble We had no trouble finding her house.

cause trouble I hope the delay hasn’t caused you any trouble.

there is trouble There was some trouble at her office, but she didn’t say what it was.

mean/spell trouble (= mean there will be trouble ) They are now much more competitive, which can only spell trouble for their rivals.

be asking for trouble (= be silly or dangerous ) It ’s asking for trouble to wear high-heeled shoes on a long walk.

avoid trouble We avoid trouble by planning carefully.

形容词

big/great trouble High interest rates spell big trouble for homeowners.

terrible trouble I’ve been having terrible trouble sleeping.

endless trouble (= a lot of trouble ) They had endless trouble with the water supply.

serious trouble I was having serious trouble knowing where to begin.

teething troubles British English (= small problems that you have when you first start doing a new job or using a new system ) There were a lot of teething troubles in the first year.

短语

what the trouble is A couple of nurses rushed into the room to see what the trouble was.

without any/much trouble (= easily ) The work was carried out without any trouble.