英语词汇“why bother”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. intransitive. To take the time or trouble to do something; (with infinitive or present participle as complement) to take the trouble to do the thing specified. Chiefly in negative constructions. why bother: (used rhetorically) why take the trouble to do something that will bring no benefit. Cf. can't (also cannot) be bothered at Phrases 3.Originally short for to bother oneself: cf. sense A. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)]

tillc897

stightlea1375

stretcha1375

wrestlea1382

to put it forthc1390

to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398

paina1400

takea1400

to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430

to make great force?c1450

makec1485

to stir one's stumpsa1500

to bestir one's stumps1549

to make work1574

put1596

bestira1616

operate1650

to lay out1659

to be at pains1709

exerta1749

tew1787

maul1821

to take (the) trouble1830

to pull outc1835

bother1840

trouble1880

to buck up1890

hump1897

to go somea1911

1840 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 21 Mar. 66/1 Masther nor misthress was never ready to the minute; why should they [sc. the servants] bother then?

1867 Harper's Mag. Sept. 472/2 He saw clean faces and pinafores, never bothering to ask how they came so.

1897 Parl. Deb. (Victoria, Austral.) 83 2521 A case in which a creditor had a claim which he never bothered to send in.

1902 E. Wharton Let. 16 May (1988) 64 I am going to send you a line now & then this summer.., but you..mustn't bother to answer.

1945 J. B. Priestley Three Men in New Suits ii. 20 You won't have to dress, though, because he..doesn't bother changing.

1975 Analog Sci. Fiction/Sci. Fact Jan. 77 Besides, they'd just space me for desertion. So why bother.

1994 C. Grant X-Files: Goblins viii. 83 Anyone asked would probably give a different answer, but it no doubt boiled down to, ‘Why bother?’

2011 Independent 15 Apr. 5/5 If drivers know they can mow down riders with impunity, why should they bother to check their mirrors?

单词	why bother
释义	> as lemmas why bother b. intransitive. To take the time or trouble to do something; (with infinitive or present participle as complement) to take the trouble to do the thing specified. Chiefly in negative constructions. why bother: (used rhetorically) why take the trouble to do something that will bring no benefit. Cf. can't (also cannot) be bothered at Phrases 3.Originally short for to bother oneself: cf. sense A. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] tillc897 stightlea1375 stretcha1375 wrestlea1382 to put it forthc1390 to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398 paina1400 takea1400 to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430 to make great force?c1450 makec1485 to stir one's stumpsa1500 to bestir one's stumps1549 to make work1574 put1596 bestira1616 operate1650 to lay out1659 to be at pains1709 exerta1749 tew1787 maul1821 to take (the) trouble1830 to pull outc1835 bother1840 trouble1880 to buck up1890 hump1897 to go somea1911 1840 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 21 Mar. 66/1 Masther nor misthress was never ready to the minute; why should they [sc. the servants] bother then? 1867 Harper's Mag. Sept. 472/2 He saw clean faces and pinafores, never bothering to ask how they came so. 1897 Parl. Deb. (Victoria, Austral.) 83 2521 A case in which a creditor had a claim which he never bothered to send in. 1902 E. Wharton Let. 16 May (1988) 64 I am going to send you a line now & then this summer.., but you..mustn't bother to answer. 1945 J. B. Priestley Three Men in New Suits ii. 20 You won't have to dress, though, because he..doesn't bother changing. 1975 Analog Sci. Fiction/Sci. Fact Jan. 77 Besides, they'd just space me for desertion. So why bother. 1994 C. Grant X-Files: Goblins viii. 83 Anyone asked would probably give a different answer, but it no doubt boiled down to, ‘Why bother?’ 2011 Independent 15 Apr. 5/5 If drivers know they can mow down riders with impunity, why should they bother to check their mirrors? extracted from botherv.int. < as lemmas
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