bother
要点悩ます、悩む、やっかい
意味
- 〈人など〉を悩ます,迷惑をかける
- (…について)悩む,心配する《about+名》
- 《bother todo》わざわざ…する
- やっかい,めんどう
- 《a~》(…にとって)やっかいなこと(人)《+to+名》
例文
Don't bother me. I'm listening to Bach right now.
邪魔しないでくれよ。今、バッハ聴いてるんだから。
Sorry to bother, but could you give me your name?
失礼ですが、お名前を伺ってもよろしいでしょうか？
This intense heat doesn't seem to bother you.
こんなに暑いのに君は平気みたいだね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).