inconvenience

英 [ɪnkən'viːnɪəns] 美[,ɪnkən'vinɪəns]

TEM4低频词扩展词汇

复数: inconveniences;第三人称单数: inconveniences;过去式: inconvenienced;过去分词: inconvenienced;现在分词: inconveniencing;

inconvenience (n.): c. 1400, "harm, damage, danger," also "a harmful incident, misfortune, affliction," from Old French inconvenience "misfortune, calamity; impropriety" (Modern French inconvenance), from Late Latin inconvenientia "lack of consistency, incongruity," noun of quality from inconvenientem (see inconvenient). Later "impropriety, unfitness; an improper act or utterance" (early 15c.). Meaning "quality of being inconvenient" is from 1650s.
inconvenience (v.): 1650s, from inconvenience (n.). Related: Inconvenienced; inconveniencing.

1. We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs.: 我们为维修期间造成的任何不便道歉。

2. 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。