At school I was always in trouble – my mind was never on my work.

上学时我一直麻烦不断–总也无法专注于我的功课。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

You don't have to be a pessimist to realize that we're in trouble.

不是悲观论者也能意识到我们有了麻烦。

《牛津词典》

The economy was in trouble.

经济陷于困境。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.

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Poetry is constantly getting itself in trouble in all sorts of ways-- on page 768, for example.

诗歌不断给自己制造麻烦-,比如在课本768页。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I don't know how many kids, generation after generation, get in trouble because they do not remember the following fact.

我不知道有多少孩子,一代又一代,因为没有记住下面的内容而遇到困难

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Once I was there for six weeks it was clear that he was in trouble.

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The left-hander, batting at number five, came to the crease with the team in trouble.

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Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny.

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