before重复，翻出（老一套的借口、事实、解释等）： They
trotted out the same old excuses for the lack of jobs in the area.他们又用那老一套的借口解释这个地区缺少就
业机会的问题。
mnoun 1 [sing.]
a trotting speed, taking short quick steps (指速度）慢跑，小跑，小步快跑，疾走：The horse sZowed to a
trot..那马放慢速度在小跑。◊ The girl broke into a trot and disappeared around the comer.
然小步跑了起来，拐过街角不见了。2 [C] a period of
trotting (指活动）小跑；一阵小跑 IttWl
on the 'trot (Srf, 1 one after the other 接连地；接二连
三；一个接着一个 KTO in succession ： They\e now won three games on the
Trot•他们现在已经连’胜三场比
赛。2 busy all the time 忙个不鲁：JVe been on the trot aH day.我一整夫忙得不可开交。
troth /treuG; NAmE tra:0/ noun gTSf?!! see plight v.
Trot-sky°ist /'trDtskiist; NAmE 'trait-/ (also Trot-sky-ite /'trotskiait; NAmE 'trait-/) noun a supporter of the
political ideas of Leon Trotsky, especially that socialism should be introduced all over the world by
means of revolution 托洛茨基分子►Trot.sky.ist (also Trot-sky-ite) adj.
trot.ter
/'trDta(r);
AMmf .tra:t-/ /70W/7 1 a pig’s foot, especially when
cooked and eaten as food (尤指煮 熟供食 用的）猪蹄，猪爪 2a
horse that has been trained to trot
fast in races (受过快步马赛训练的）快步马.
trou-ba-dour /'tru:bado:(r)/ noun {literary) a writer and performer
of songs or poetry (after the French travel- iing performers of the llth-13th
centuries)游吟诗人
(因11-13世纪法国的巡回表演者而得名）
trouble /'trAbl/
noun, verb
mnoun
►
PROBLEM/WORRY 问题;忧虑 1
[U，C] ~ (with sb/sth.) a
problem, worry, difficulty, etc. or a situation causing this 问题；忧虑；困难；苦恼：We have trouble
getting 伽#我们在招聘雇员方面有困难。OHecouWmafce troub〖e/orme i/he wanted to.他要是想找麻烦就能给我
找麻烦。◊ The trouble wft/i you is you don’t reaHy want to worfc.你的问题在于你并不是很想工作。◊ Her trouble is she’s incapabZe 〇/ mafcing
a decision•她的问题是自己 没有能力作决定。◊ The trouWe is (= what is difficult is) there aren’t any
trains at that time•麻烦的是当没有 火车。◊ rhe onZy trouble is we won’t .be here then.唯一 的麻烦是到那时我们就不在这儿了。◊ MU don’t fcmw his number~I have quite enough
trouble remembering my own.不，我不知道他的号码，我光记自己的号码
就够困难的了。◊ We’ve never had much troubie with vcmdak around here.我们这一带从来没有多少破环公物
的问题。◊月mmdaZ troubies 财政困难◊ She was on the
phone for an
hour telling me her troubles.
了一个小时向我倾诉她的种种烦恼。◊ Our troubles
aren’t over yet•我们咼麻M还备;有完喊。一see also teething
TROUBLES
►
ILLNESS/PAIN 疾病；疼痛 2
[U] illness or pain 疾病；疼 痛：back trouble #00 Tve been having trouble with my fcnee.我一直膝盖痛。o note at illness
►
WITH MACHINE 机器 3 [U] something that is
wrong with a machine，vehicle, etc.(机器、车辆等的）故障：
mec/umicaZ
trouble 机械故障
►
DIFFICULT/VIOLENT SITUAT 丨 ON
困难 / 暴力局面 4[U]
a situation that is difficult or dangerous; a situation in which you can be
criticized or punished 困境；险境； 可能受到批评（或处罚）的情形：The company rcm into trouble
early on,
when a major order was cancelled,
家公司早些时候有一个大订单被撤销，因此陷入了困境。
〇 A yachtsman got into trouble off the coast and had to be rescued. —个驾驶帆船的人在海上遇险需要救援。◊ J/J don’t get
t/iisfnished in time, be m troubZe.我如不按
时把这完成就要倒霉了。◊ He’s m trouble
with the police.他犯事落入了警秦的手里。◊ My brother was ahvays getting me into troubZe iWth my
parents.以前我 弟弟经常连累我遭父母的责难。5 [U] an angry or
violent situation 纷争；动乱；骚乱：The police were expecting trouWe a如r the match.警方预料比赛后会有骚乱。o If you're not in by
| 2163 troublemaker
►
EXTRA EFF0ITT 额外努力 6 [U] ~ (to
sb) extra effort or work额外努力（或工作）；烦扰；打扰；麻烦BEE! bother： I dorCt want to put you to a lot of
trouble. ^ 不想给你添很多的麻烦。◊ get it i/you 〖ifce, that wiZZ save
you the trouble 〇/going out.如桌你愿意的话我去
取，省得你还得出去。◊ Ma/dng your
own yogurt is more trouble than ft’s worth.自己设酸奶很麻烦，不值
得。.〇 She went to a lot of
trouble to
find the book for me•她不辞劳苦把书给我成到了。◊ He thanked
me/or my troi/We ancUe/t.他感谢我尽,"T力便走了。◊ Nothing is ever too much trouble for her (= she^ always ready to
help).她从不把麻烦当[il 事。can caH back 〖ater— ft’s no trouble
(= I don’t mind):我可_以_—过一会儿回电
'话，没关系。.hope the c/ii'Zdren
weren’t .too much trouble.我希望这些孩子没有太烦人。
►
IN NORTHEN IRELAND 北爱尔、7 the
Troubles [pi
] the time of political and social problems in Northern Ireland, especially
after 1968, when there was violence between Catholics and Protestants about
whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK 动乱时 期（尤指1968年后，天主教徒和新教徒之间就北爱尔兰
是否应继续附属于英国而引发的暴力冲突）
get sb into 'trouble {old-fashioned) to make a woman who is not married
pregnant 使…未婚先孕 give
t：(sb) (some, no, any, etc.) 'trouble to cause problems or difficulties给（或没有给）…造成麻烦（或烦恼、困 难）：My back's
been giving me a lot of trouble lately.
的后背最近一直疼痛。◊ The difidren didn’t give me
any trouWe at aH when we were out.我们夕卜出时孩子们
儿也没给我添麻烦。look for _troub丨e to behave in a way that is
likely to cause an argument, violence, etc. 自我麻烦；自寻齒恼；惹是生非：Drimken youths hang around outside ioofcing/or
trouWe.喝醉的年轻人在街头
游荡滋事。take trouble over/with sth | take trouble doing/to do sth to try hard.to do sth well 尽心尽力■地
做；费力地做：TTiey take a 〖ot 〇/ troubie to 月/id the right person >or the right job.他们竭善找适合#这项工
作的人。take the trouble to do sth to do sth even tiiough it
involves effort or difficulty 不辞考劳地做；不 厌其烦地做 make the effort ： She did^t
even take the trouble to find out how to spell my name. Wt 麻烦，甚至连我的姓名如何拼写都不想搞清楚。a trouble .shared is a trouble
'halved {saying) if you talk to sb about
your problems and worries, instead of keeping them to yourself, they seem less
serious 烦恼 可以分担（向人倾诉，愁苦就会减少）一more at ask v.
» verb
►
MAKE SB WORRIED 使忧虑 1 [VN] to make sb
worried or upset使忧虑；使烦恼；奋苦恼：What is it that’s troubling you?是扦么事使得祢愁眉苦脸？
►
D4STURB 打扰 2 (often used in polite requests 常用于客
气的请求）to disturb sb because
you want to ask tliem sth 劳驾；费神；麻烦 bother ： [VN] Sorry to
trouWe you, but couZd you
teH me the time?■对本起打扰
您二请问几点了？ ◊
J don’t want to troubie the doctor with such a smaH probZem.我不想为亍这个小毛病
麻烦医生。◊ (/brma/) [VN to inf] CouW J trouWe you
to open the window, p〖ease?劳驾，％您把窗户打开好鸣?.
►
MAKE EFFORT 努> 3 [V to inf](阶£，/o/7?7fl/) (usuaily used in
negative sentences 通常用于否金句）to make an effort to do sth
费神；费事；费力 0DG3 bother: He rushed into the room without
troubling to fcnocfc.他连门也懒得 敲就闯进屋去。
►
CAUSE PAIN 造成痛苦 4 [VN] (of a medical problem 健康 问题）to cause pain 使疼痛；■折磨：My back’s been troubling me a^ain•我的 W又诠一i疼了。
niTOl see pour
troubled /'trAbld/
adj. 1 (of a person A)
worried and anxious忧虑的；烦恼的；不安的：She 〖oofced i‘nto his troub〖ed/ace.她仔细打量着他那张布满愁容的脸。2 <of a place,
situation or time 地方、局势或时间）having a lot of
problems麻烦多的；混舌L的；珑舌[的：a tmubled marriage 〇 We live in troubled times, ficfll
生逢乱世。
trouble-maker /'trAblmeika(r)/
noun a person who often
causes trouble, especially by involving others in arguments or encouraging them
to complain about