inconvenience

Compared meaning: to cause someone trouble or inconvenience (verb).

比较义项：给别人带来麻烦、打扰或不便（动词）。

• trouble

  Fairly formal and somewhat old-fashioned; often used in polite requests asking someone to make an effort, or to describe a more serious difficulty rather than mild annoyance.

  语气较为正式、略带古雅色彩；常用于客气地请求别人费心帮忙，或描述较严重的困扰，而非轻微的烦扰。

  May I trouble you for a moment of your time before the meeting?

  开会前，我可以麻烦你占用一点时间吗？

• bother

  The most common, casual word here; used for everyday annoyance or interrupting someone, especially in requests like 'sorry to bother you' or telling someone to stop pestering another person.

  是三者中最常见、最口语化的词；用于日常的轻微烦扰或打断别人，常见于“抱歉打扰你”这类请求，也用于叫人别再纠缠他人。

  Stop bothering your little brother while he's doing his homework.

  别再打扰你弟弟了，他正在做作业。

• inconvenience 本词

  The most formal, typically written or business register; refers to disrupting someone's plans, schedule or comfort rather than personal irritation, and is often used in passive apologies.

  是三者中最正式的词，多用于书面或商务场合；指打乱他人的计划、安排或舒适度，而非个人情绪上的烦躁，常用于被动语态的道歉用语中。

  We apologize for any inconvenience this delay may have caused you.

  对于这次延误给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。

All three mean to cause someone difficulty, but formality differs: trouble is polite, used in requests or serious problems; bother is casual, for small annoyances; inconvenience is the most formal, common in business writing, about disrupting plans. Their noun senses are not compared here.

这三个词在此义项上都表示“使人感到不便或困扰”，但正式程度和使用场合不同：trouble 较为郑重客气，常用于礼貌请求或描述较严重的困扰；bother 最日常口语化，多指轻微的打扰或惹人心烦；inconvenience 最正式，常见于商务或书面场合，强调打乱他人的计划安排。这里不比较 trouble 作名词表示“麻烦事、困境”（如 get into trouble）、bother 作名词或感叹词表示“麻烦事”或“哎呀”，以及 inconvenience 作名词表示“不便之处”。