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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec1I 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！
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- great
- major
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- endure
- have
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- inconvenience to
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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。
Word Originlate 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’).