troubled

Word family

troub·led /ˈtrʌbəld/ adjectiveadj

1 WORRIEDworried or anxious 忧虑的；烦恼的，苦恼的

troubled face/eyes/look 忧虑的表情/眼神/样子

Benson looked troubled when he heard the news.

本森听到这消息时面露担忧。

► see thesaurus at worried

2 PROBLEMhaving many problems 问题多的，混乱的

These are troubled times for the coal industry.

对于煤炭工业来说，这是个多事之秋。

the troubled electronics company

面临困境的电子公司

troubled marriage/relationship 坎坷的婚姻/关系

3 troubled waters a difficult situation, especially where there is a lot of disagreement and problems 混乱的局面

We don’t want to enter the troubled waters of race and religion.

我们不想卷入种族和宗教的纷争。

pour oil on troubled waters (=try to make an angry situation calmer) 缓解紧张的局面

Examples from the Corpus

troubled waters• This particular fish was very shortly going to find itself in exceedingly troubled waters.• The Oxford oar presented as a momento, will help bail him out of any troubled waters he's yet to encounter.• We don't need to enter the troubled waters of religious truth-claims.• After just half an hour in the pool, it was back to the troubled waters of the Foreign Office.

Examples from the Corpus

troubled• Greg had a troubled childhood.• But the demand for scapegoats in the economically troubled countries is considerable and extends even to the dead.• Super-SARA has had a long and troubled gestation period.• Oliver and Rain exchanged troubled glances.• It was the final ignominy in the short, troubled history of the club that nearly made it to the First Division.• Its troubled inhabitants turned to Puritanism.• She had a troubled look on her face.• The Church was born in troubled times.• But the meditators maintain they have scientific proof that it does work and they can bring peace to a troubled world.

troubled face/eyes/look• And then he too made a troubled face.• I will not forget his troubled look.• Their faces were barren of rouge, and most of them were pale and troubled looking.• They were climbing quite rapidly and soon Maggie's eyes took on a very troubled look.• I could see Xanthe's troubled face clearly, and also Filmer's beside her.• And as she spoke, I looked into the troubled face of our Prime Minister and her eyes were filled with tears.• Finally he saw that far in the back stood a young shepherd boy with a 96 troubled look on his face.• Holman was silent for a moment, a troubled look on his face.

troubled times• And the action premise that completes this credo may seem totally ridiculous in these troubled times.• Either case, an omen of these disturbed and troubled times.• Good luck to first-time house buyers, particularly during these troubled times.• I hope that we have a reasonable record on piloting Britain's foreign affairs through troubled times.• The Church was born in troubled times.• If you have faced adversity, learn from those troubled times and begin again.• All she needed to do now was put her troubled times behind her and win the game.• Mama used to say when trying to console me or reassure me that troubled times would pass.

From Longman Business Dictionary

troubledtroub·led /ˈtrʌbəld/ adjectiveadj

having many problems

These are troubled times for the coal industry.

financially troubled companies

troub·led adjectiveadj

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