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单词 troublesome
释义
troublesometroub‧le‧some /ˈtrʌbəlsəm/ ●○○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • troublesome rumors
  • The infection can be particularly troublesome if it affects the lungs or throat.
  • The plant is regarded as a troublesome weed in rice fields.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Finally, Ricci got up and walked over to her daughter, who immediately handed over the troublesome hammer.
  • His removal from the scene was like the lancing of a troublesome boil.
  • More troublesome still was the fact that we did not ever feel apart.
  • One troublesome objection rears its head whenever we address this situation.
  • The missile defence issue is without question the most troublesome, time-consuming and potentially dangerous item on the current international agenda.
  • The onset of the disease is very gradual and breathlessness only becomes troublesome when about half of the lung has been destroyed.
  • The persistently troublesome problems and the large spot discharges are the pollutions which are likely to come to agency attention.
  • Then there was the troublesome question of the unemployment statistics.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen a fact or situation causes problems
to cause a problem that has to be dealt with: · You would be the only woman on a staff of over thirty men, which could create problems.· Both parents and teachers are worried about the problems posed by drugs.cause/create/pose a problem for: · Rebecca was frequently late for work, which caused problems for her colleagues.· Rising inflation could pose a major problem for the government.
to cause problems for someone and make it difficult or inconvenient for them to do what they want to do: · Petty arguments between staff have made the manager's life difficult.make life difficult for: · The rail strikes are making life increasingly difficult for people who have to travel into London every day.
if an activity or a plan presents a problem , there is a problem connected with it that has to be dealt with: · Constructing a highway in this area would present enormous difficulties.present a problem/difficulty for: · Live television programmes present special problems for the broadcaster.present somebody with a problem/difficulty: · Britain's relationship with other members of the European Union presents Blair with problems, just as it did for the Tories.
something that is troublesome keeps causing problems over a period of time: · The infection can be particularly troublesome if it affects the lungs or throat.· The plant is regarded as a troublesome weed in rice fields.
informal to cause problems over a period of time that are difficult to deal with: · Messy walkways and picnic tables are just some of the headaches caused by the hundreds of ducks that gather by the lake.be a headache for: · Censorship is always a constant headache for newspapers in the republic.give somebody a headache: · The scandal has given the minister a very public headache.
if difficulties, illnesses, doubts, problems etc plague someone, there are a lot of them and they keep causing trouble for a long time: · Social problems plague these low-income communities.· The area is plagued by soil erosion and flooding.
if a problem or bad luck dogs someone or something, it keeps causing trouble for a long time and prevents them from succeeding: · The team has been dogged by injury all season.· Zambia had none of the heritage of war and violence that dogged, say, Kenya or Zimbabwe.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· However, a new, earlier and potentially far more troublesome deadline will arise.· Although urinary incontinence may be no more than a nuisance in some women, for many it is far more troublesome.· Some also fear that efforts to fix the problem will just create more troublesome models.· Dealing with untraceable shareholders under the compulsory sale procedures is more troublesome.· Yet that was not the worst. More troublesome still was the fact that we did not ever feel apart.· Given the growth in cross-border flows, this is likely to become more troublesome.· The second question, the proper ambit of the provocation defence, is more troublesome.
· The third, and most troublesome, problem is the interaction of various accessories.· The missile defence issue is without question the most troublesome, time-consuming and potentially dangerous item on the current international agenda.· Both made their error at the treble which was by far the most troublesome obstacle.· The day before the release, Bowley fished the largest and most troublesome of his finned friends from the tank.· The cigarette ban will be most troublesome for smokers on long train journeys.· Left alone, even the most troublesome among us will eventually fall over dead.
· The city also had the Army Reserve load some particularly troublesome snow on to trucks and take it to a vacant steelmaking facility.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivetroubledtroublesometroublingnountroubleverbtrouble
causing problems, in an annoying way:  a troublesome child troublesome itching
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