hassle是什么意思,hassle怎么用

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hassle

IELTS TEM8


📰 外刊例句

Active retirees want the ability to get around but they may not want the expense and hassle of owning a car. 那些活跃的退休人士希望能够随处走动,但可能又不想负担养车的开销和繁琐。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[noun] irritating inconvenience
[名词] 恼人的不便


💡 深入解读

Hassle 一词词源不详,有认为20世纪初期源自英语单词 hustle (忙碌喧嚣),也有认为可能源自英语单词 hazel (榛树)的变体 hatchel (用针排梳理;使麻烦、使痛苦、折磨)。自1945年起, hassle 主要用来作名词表示“困难、麻烦、问题”,多指一种令人讨厌的局面,涉及到做一些困难或复杂的事情,并且需要付出很大的努力,既可以做可数名词,也可以做不可数名词,

比如:

The nominal head of our company has been giving me a lot of hassle this week.这星期公司名义上的老板给我找了很多麻烦事。

Do as you're told and don't give me any hassle! I'm the only one who can pull the moribund company back from the brink.用在美式口语中, hassle 则是指激烈而持久的“争论、争吵”或者说“分歧、烦恼”,比如:告诉你怎么做就怎么做,别跟我顶嘴!只有我才能让这个行将倒闭的公司起死回生。

Then my estranged husband started hassling me to give him money. But I chose not to grin and bear it this time.等到了1951年后, hassle 开始用作动词, 自然表示“烦扰、麻烦”,多指通过反复提问或要求做某事来不断烦扰某人,比如:然后我分居的丈夫开始不停地烦我,要我给他钱。但我这次不再选择默默忍受。


📚 名著用例

It'll be a lot less hassle if you can just knock Malfoy off his broom tomorrow. 如果你明天把马尔福从他的扫帚上撞下来,就能省去好多麻烦。

— 出自《英国作家J.K.罗琳创作的长篇小说《哈利·波特与密室》( Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets )。该小说是《哈利·波特》系列的第二部。》


🔍 同近义词

  • nuisance: a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance
  • annoyance: a thing that annoys someone; a nuisance
  • irritation: a thing that annoys or irritates someone
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