bothered
adjective[after verb]
uk/ˈbɒð.əd/us/ˈbɑː.ðɚd/B2
If you are bothered about something, it isimportantto you and you areworriedabout it:
担心的；在意的He's very botheredaboutwhatpeoplethinkof him.他很在意别人对他的看法。
They were anhourlate and she didn'tseemat all bothered.他们迟到了一小时，可她似乎一点也不在乎。
Thebrightsunshinemade himfeelhotandbothered(=hotanduncomfortable).灿烂的阳光使他感到很热，很不舒服。
not botheredUKinformal
If you are not bothered about something, it is notimportantto you or does notworryyou:
不在乎；随便"Tea orcoffee?" "Either - I'm not bothered."“你要茶还是咖啡?”“随便──都可以。”
- IthoughtMum would befuriouswhen I told her, but she didn'tseemparticularlybothered.
- What are you so bothered about? Thecarisn'tdamagedor anything.
- Thestarsays he's not bothered by thepersonalattackson him that haveappearedin thepressrecently.
- "Ithoughtyouwantedto go out." "No, I'm not really bothered."
- He was more bothered aboutmissingthetrainthan about getting me tohospital.
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and botheredidiom
- -racked
- aflutter
- agitated
- angsty
- anxious
- frightened
- fuss
- get in a sweatidiom
- grim
- grimly
- queasily
- queasiness
- queasy
- rattled
- rest easyidiom
- strung out
- worrier
- worrywart
- wound up