这些动词均有“使人不安或烦恼”之意。
bother : 指使人烦恼而引起的紧张不安或感到不耐烦。
- Does it bother you that he's out so much of the time?
他出去了那么长时间，你不担心吗？ - Living on my own has never bothered me.
独自生活从来没有让我感到担心。 - I don't care if he doesn't come - it doesn't bother me.
如果他不来我也不在乎——我无所谓。 - It bothers me that he doesn't seem to notice.
让我感到烦恼的是，他似乎没有注意到什么。
disturb : 较正式用词，多用被动态。指拢乱，使人不能平静或妨碍别人工作、思维或正常秩序，是程度较深的烦恼。
- Some scenes are violent and may disturb younger viewers.
某些场景中有暴力内容，可能会使年幼些的观众产生焦虑情绪。
trouble : 指给人在行动上带来不便或在身心上造成痛苦。
- I asked her what was troubling her, but she didn't want to talk.
我问她是不是有什么烦心事，但是她不想说。 - Many of us are deeply troubled by the chairman's decision.
我们许多人对主席的决定深感不安。 - It troubles me (that) you didn't discuss your problems with me earlier.
你没有早点与我讨论你的问题，这使我感到不安。
annoy : 强调因被迫忍受令人不快、讨厌的事而失去平静或耐心，多指一时的打拢或恼怒。
- Tina really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.
在今天上午的会上，蒂娜真是把我气坏了。 - I'm sorry - is my cough annoying you?
对不起，我咳嗽打扰你了吧？ - It annoys me that she just expects us to help.
她只是眼巴巴地盼着我们去帮她，我真是气得慌。 - It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant.
在饭店里，付了服务费后他们还想要小费，这很让我恼火。
irritate : 语气比annoy强得多，指激怒，使发怒，多指一种短时间的反应。
- After a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
过了一会儿，她的行为真让我恼火了。
vex : 侧重指因不断的干扰而引起的烦恼，有时含激怒的意味。
- This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government.
这件事看来会继续使政府恼火。
