trouble

US: /ˈtɹəbəɫ/

UK: /tɹˈʌbə‍l/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

trouble /'trʌbl/
  • danh từ
    • điều lo lắng, điều phiền muộn
      • to be in trouble: có chuyện phiền muộn, không vui; bị mắng, bị phê bình, bị phạt
      • family troubles: những chuyện lo lắng về gia đình
      • to get into trouble: gặp chuyện không hay phải lo nghĩ; có mang, có chửa (gái chưa chồng)
      • to get someone into trouble: gây chuyện không hay cho ai, làm cho ai phải phiền muộn lo lắng; làm cho ai có (mang chửa)
      • to ask (look) for trouble: (từ lóng) chuốc lấy sự phiền luỵ
    • sự làm phiền, sự quấy rầy; điều phiền hà
      • did it give you much trouble?: cái đó có làm phiền anh nhiều không?
      • I don't like putting you to so much trouble: tôi không thích làm phiền anh nhiều đến thế
      • to spare someone trouble: khỏi phiền đến ai, tránh làm phiền ai
    • sự chịu khó, sự cố gắng; sự khó nhọc
      • to take the trouble to do something: chịu khó làm việc gì; mất công khó nhọc làm việc gì
    • tình trạng bất an, tình trạng rắc rối, tình trạng lộn xộn, tình trạng rối loạn
      • labour troubles: những vụ đình công
    • trạng thái khó ở, tình trạng mắc bệnh; bệnh
      • digestive troubles: rối loạn tiêu hoá
      • children's troubles: bệnh trẻ em
    • (kỹ thuật) sự hỏng hóc, sự trục trắc (của máy)
    • ngoại động từ
      • làm đục
        • to trouble the water: làm cho nước đục lên
      • làm phiền, quấy rầy
        • may I trouble you for the pepper?: phiền anh đưa cho tôi lọ hạt tiêu
      • làm cho lo lắng, làm phiền muộn, làm băn khoăn
        • don't trouble yourself about that: đừng băn khoăn lo lắng về chuyện đó
      • làm cho khổ sở, làm cho đau đớn
        • the child is troubled by (with) a cough every winter: mùa rét nào đứa bé cũng khổ vì bệnh ho
    • nội động từ
      • lo nghĩ, lo lắng, băn khoăn, bận tâm
        • don't trouble about me: đừng lo lắng gì về tôi cả
        • oh, don't trouble, thanks: thôi khỏi phiền, xin cảm ơn anh; xin anh đừng bận tâm

    Advanced English dictionary

    noun, verb
    + noun
    problem / worry
    1 [U, C] ~ (with sb/sth) a problem, worry, difficulty, etc. or a situation causing this: We've been having trouble getting staff. + He could make trouble for me if he wanted to. + The trouble with you is you don't really want to work. + Her trouble is she's incapable of making a decision. + The trouble is (= what is difficult is) there aren't any trains at that time. + The only trouble is we won't be here then. + No, I don't know his number-I have quite enough trouble remembering my own. + We've never had much trouble with vandals around here. + financial troubles + She was on the phone for an hour telling me her troubles. + Our troubles aren't over yet.
    See also - TEETHING TROUBLES
    illness / pain
    2 [U] illness or pain: back / eye / heart trouble + I've been having trouble with my knee.
    with machine
    3 [U] something that is wrong with a machine, vehicle, etc: mechanical trouble + My car's been having engine trouble.
    difficult / violent situation
    4 [U] a situation that is difficult or dangerous; a situation in which you can be criticized or punished: The company ran into trouble early on, when a major order was cancelled. + I've never been one to run away from trouble. + A yachtsman got into trouble off the coast and had to be rescued. + If I don't get this finished in time, I'll be in trouble. + He's in trouble with the police. + My brother was always getting me into trouble with my parents.
    5 [C, U] an angry or violent situation: The police were expecting trouble after the match. + If you're not in by midnight, there'll be trouble (= I'll be very angry). + the troubles in Northern Ireland + He had to throw out a few drunks who were causing trouble in the bar.
    extra effort
    6 [U] ~ (to sb) extra effort or work
    Synonym: BOTHER
    I don't want to put you to a lot of trouble. + I'll get it if you like, that will save you the trouble of going out. + Making your own yogurt is more trouble than it's worth. + She went to a lot of trouble to find the book for me. + He thanked me for my trouble and left. + Nothing is ever too much trouble for her (= she's always ready to help). + I can call back later-it's no trouble (= I don't mind). + I hope the children weren't too much trouble.
    Idioms: get sb into trouble (old-fashioned) to make a woman who is not married pregnant
    give (sb) (some, no, any, etc.) trouble to cause problems or difficulties: My back's been giving me a lot of trouble lately. + The children didn't give me any trouble at all when we were out.
    look for trouble to behave in a way that is likely to cause an argument, violence, etc: Drunken youths hang around outside looking for trouble.
    take trouble over / with sth
    take trouble doing / to do sth to try hard to do sth well: They take a lot of trouble to find the right person for the right job.
    take the trouble to do sth to do sth even though it involves effort or difficulty: She didn't even take the trouble to find out how to spell my name.
    more at ASK
    + verb
    make sb worried
    1 [VN] to make sb worried or upset: What is it that's troubling you? + He was deeply troubled by the allegations.
    disturb
    2 (often used in polite requests) to disturb sb because you want to ask them sth
    Synonym: BOTHER
    [VN] Sorry to trouble you, but could you tell me the time? + I don't want to trouble the doctor with such a small problem. + (formal) [VN to inf] Could I trouble you to open the window, please?
    make effort
    3 [V to inf] (BrE, formal) (usually used in negative sentences) to make an effort to do sth
    Synonym: BOTHER
    He rushed into the room without troubling to knock.
    cause pain
    4 [VN] (of a medical problem) to cause pain: My back's been troubling me again.
    Idioms see POUR

    Thesaurus dictionary

    v.
    1 bother, upset, anguish, alarm, worry, afflict, agitate, disquiet, discomfit, make uncomfortable, grieve, perturb, discommode, inconvenience, discompose, discountenance, put out, burden, encumber, weigh down:
    I don't mean to trouble you with my problems, but I have no one else to turn to.
    2 annoy, irritate, irk, vex, bother, plague, pester, torment, harass, hector, harry, provoke, nettle, exasperate, ruffle, Colloq get or grate on (someone's) nerves, give (someone) a hard time, get under (someone's) skin:
    Vincent keeps troubling me for advice on starting a new business.
    3 discommode, incommode, impose on, inconvenience, put out, thank:
    I'll trouble you to turn off the light when you leave the room.
    4 care, be concerned, take the trouble or the time, go to the trouble, bother, exert (oneself), concern (oneself), take pains:
    He never troubled to find out if his family was safe.
    n.
    5 distress, worry, concern, difficulty, discomfort, unpleasantness, inconvenience, vexation, grief, woe, affliction, disquiet, suffering, tribulation, anxiety, torment, anguish, strife:
    Her trouble began when her ex-husband stopped paying for child support. How can someone so insignificant cause so much trouble?
    6 annoyance, bother, tormenter, irritation, nuisance, nag, heckler, pest, Slang US nudnik:
    Ever since she lost her job, she's been a trouble to her family.
    7 disorder, agitation, row, disturbance, turbulence, tumult, upset, dissatisfaction, unrest, discord, dispute, turmoil, rebellion, revolt, uprising, outbreak, fighting, fight, skirmishing, skirmish:
    The trouble began when workers refused to allow management to hire replacements.
    8 affliction, defect, disability, disease, ailment, illness, sickness, disorder, complaint:
    With her trouble she ought to see a doctor.
    9 in trouble.
    (a) in deep trouble, in a mess, in a predicament, in dire straits, Colloq in a pickle, in hot water, on the spot, in a scrape, Slang Brit in shtook or shtuk or shtuck or schtuck, Taboo Slang in deep shit, up shit creek (without (the vestige of) a paddle):
    They will be in terrible trouble if the bank forecloses on the mortgage.
    (b) unmarried or unwed and impregnated or pregnant or with child or expecting or in a delicate condition or colloq in a family way:
    Most of the girls who are in trouble are teenagers.

    Collocation

    1 problems

    ADJ.

    bad, big, deep, desperate, real, serious
    The company is in desperate trouble financially.
    | endless | domestic, family, marital | financial, money | political | back, heart, tummy, etc. | boyfriend, girl, man, etc.
    He was obviously upset, and muttered something about girlfriend trouble.
    | engine

    VERB + TROUBLE

    mean, spell
    She knew that a hygiene inspection could spell trouble for her restaurant.
    | have, suffer from
    He has had back trouble since changing jobs.
    | get (yourself) into, run into
    The firm soon ran into financial trouble.
    | keep out of, stay out of | pour out
    She poured out all her troubles to her mother.
    | cause, lead to
    The printer's causing trouble again.
    | avoid | forget, put behind you
    He put his past troubles behind him and built up a successful new career.

    TROUBLE + VERB

    come
    Trouble often comes when you're least expecting it.

    PREP.

    in ~
    When she saw the teacher coming towards her she knew she was in big trouble.
    | ~ for
    He got into trouble for not doing his homework.
    | ~ with
    I've had endless trouble with my car. He is in trouble with the law again.

    PHRASES

    a cause/source of trouble, a history of … trouble
    She has a history of back trouble.
    | in times of trouble
    In times of trouble she always turns to her mum.
    | trouble ahead
    I can see trouble ahead.

    2 arguing/violence

    ADJ.

    crowd

    VERB + TROUBLE

    cause, make
    He had a reputation for making trouble in the classroom.
    | be asking for, be looking for, court, stir up
    He was asking for trouble when he insulted their country. Fans wandered the town after the match looking for trouble.

    TROUBLE + VERB

    be brewing
    There was trouble brewing among the workforce.
    | blow up, flare (up)
    Trouble blew up when the gang was refused entry to a nightclub.

    TROUBLE + NOUN

    spot
    Extra journalists have been sent to the main trouble spots.

    PREP.

    ~ between
    trouble between the teachers

    3 extra work

    ADJ.

    considerable, enormous, great
    They went to enormous trouble to make her stay a pleasant one.

    VERB + TROUBLE

    bring (sb), cause (sb), give sb, make, put sb to
    I don't want to make trouble for her. I don't want to put you to any trouble.
    | go to, take
    We took the trouble to plan our route in advance.
    | be worth
    Do you think it's worth the trouble of booking seats in advance?
    | save sb
    Why don't we bring a pizza to save you the trouble of cooking?
    | thank sb for
    Thank you very much for all your trouble.

    PHRASES

    be more trouble than it's worth
    Growing your own vegetables is more trouble than it's worth.

    ADV.

    deeply, greatly
    This latest news troubled him deeply.
    | hardly, scarcely

    PHRASES

    be troubled with sth
    He has been troubled with a knee injury.


    Concise dictionary

    troubles|troubled|troubling'trʌbl
    noun
    +a source of difficulty
    +an angry disturbance
    +an event causing distress or pain
    +an effort that is inconvenient
    +a strong feeling of anxiety
    +an unwanted pregnancy
    verb
    +move deeply
    +to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
    +disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
    +take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
    +cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

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