inconvenience

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/|/ɪŋk-/    美 /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/|/ɪŋk-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being inconvenient. countable,uncountable
    — They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
  2. Something that is not convenient, something that bothers. countable,uncountable
    — [Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.
动词 v.
  1. To bother; to discomfort.
    — He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.

词形变化

inconveniences plural inconveniences present,singular,third-person inconveniencing participle,present inconvenienced participle,past inconvenienced past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
词源 2
From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
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