1. making things hard, annoying, or worrying for someone over a period of time — fo
1.形容詞B2
釋義
麻煩；惱人
持續造成困擾、令人費神的
making things hard, annoying, or worrying for someone over a period of time — for example, a knee that keeps hurting, a child who keeps misbehaving, or a piece of software that often crashes.
例句
Soraya's old laptop has become troublesome since the last update.
Soraya 的舊筆電在上次更新後就變得很麻煩。
subject + be + troublesome (predicative use)
The leaking tap in the kitchen is a small but troublesome problem.
specifically signals the absence of recurring problems
文法句型
be troublesome (to do)
find something troublesome
用法筆記
Often describes a recurring annoyance rather than a one-off event — a troublesome cough returns, a troublesome neighbour keeps complaining. Used both attributively (a troublesome child) and predicatively (this knee is troublesome).
常見錯誤
The meeting was troublesome yesterday.
The meeting was difficult yesterday.
'troublesome' suggests an ongoing pattern, not a single event.
I am troublesome about the exam.
I am worried about the exam.
'troublesome' describes the thing that causes worry, not the person feeling it.