troubling

US: /ˈtɹəbəɫɪŋ/, /ˈtɹəbɫɪŋ/
UK: /tɹˈʌblɪŋ/


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

    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.

    Concise English 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