bother學測 L2KK [ˈbɑðɚ] ｜ /ˈbɑðɚ/
打擾；煩擾·麻煩；添麻煩·麻煩；讓人困擾的事·費心；願意花心力做
動詞可接不定詞，常考「懶得做」句型
Sorry to bother you, but could you close the window? It's cold in here.
不好意思打擾你，但可以請你關窗嗎？這裡很冷。
一個畫面：被戳肩後分心
戳肩引注意手指戳你肩膀，想引起你注意
越戳越煩不斷被打擾，心裡開始厭煩
添麻煩這樣做讓對方要多花力氣處理
多戳才動要額外催促，才願意花心力去做
義項
戳肩打擾B2verb打擾；煩擾
My little brother keeps bothering me with silly questions while I study.
我讀書的時候，弟弟一直用無聊的問題煩我。
bother mestop bothering him
獨自搞定B2verb麻煩；添麻煩
I didn't want to bother my dad, so I fixed my bike by myself.
我不想麻煩爸爸，所以自己修好了腳踏車。
don't want to botherbother your parents
麻煩來源B2noun麻煩；讓人困擾的事
The heavy rain was a big bother on our trip.
那場大雨是我們這趟旅行的一大麻煩。
a real bothera big bother
多花心力B2verb費心；願意花心力做
Even though she was tired, my sister bothered to walk the dog for me.
雖然很累，我姊姊還是願意費心幫我遛狗。
bother to askbother to reply
片語
don't bother算了免了 →不用麻煩；算了
sorry to bother you禮貌開場 →不好意思打擾你
can't be bothered懶得動手 →懶得做，提不起勁
no bother at all毫不麻煩 →一點也不麻煩
你會不會這樣說？
I didn't want to ___ my dad, so I fixed my bike by myself. (A) bother (B) brother
看答案
(A) bother
bother 和 brother 拼字相近，此句是「不想麻煩爸爸」的意思。
'My sister bothered to walk the dog for me.' 這句最接近哪個意思？(A) 姊姊懶得遛狗 (B) 姊姊願意花心力遛狗
看答案
(B)
bother to V 表示願意額外花心力去做，不是懶得做。
字族
bothered 感到困擾的；心煩的・bothersome 惱人的；麻煩的