inconvenience
noun /ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/
/ˌɪnkənˈviːniəns/
- [uncountable] trouble or problems, especially in connection with what you need or would like yourself
不便；麻烦；困难 - We apologize for the delay and regret any inconvenience it may have caused.
我们对此次延误以及因此有可能造成的所有不便表示道歉。 - I have already been put to considerable inconvenience.
我已经遇到了相当大的麻烦了。
Topics Difficulty and failurec1- I chose a different route to avoid the inconvenience of going through the town centre.
我选择了另一条路线以避免穿越市中心的不便。 - I don't want to put you to any inconvenience.
我不想给你带来任何不便。 - The benefits of doing this usually outweigh the inconvenience.
这样做的好处往往大于带来的麻烦。 - The club management will try to ensure that the building work is carried out with the minimum of inconvenience to guests.
俱乐部的管理人员将尽力使施工给客人带来的不便降至最低点。 - The rail strike is likely to cause considerable public inconvenience.
铁路工人罢工很可能给公众造成相当大的不便。 - You could have fetched me from the airport and saved me the inconvenience of having to take the bus!
你本来应该去机场接我，省得我坐公共汽车这么不方便！
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- great
- major
- …
- endure
- have
- suffer
- …
- inconvenience to
- We apologize for the delay and regret any inconvenience it may have caused.
- [countable] a person or thing that causes problems or difficulties
带来不便者；麻烦的人（或事物） - I can put up with minor inconveniences.
我能忍受些小的不便。 - This isn't a mere inconvenience; it's dangerous.
这可不单单是不便，这是危险。
- I can put up with minor inconveniences.
词源late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘incongruity’, also ‘unsuitability’): via Old French from late Latin inconvenientia ‘incongruity, inconsistency’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin convenient- ‘agreeing, fitting’ (from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’).