in trouble:处于麻烦/困境中;惹上麻烦;有危险或需要帮助的状态。(也常用于口语,表示“要出事了/要挨批了”。)
/ɪn ˈtrʌb(ə)l/
If we miss the last train, we’ll be in trouble.
如果我们错过末班火车,就麻烦了。
The company was in trouble after the report revealed serious financial problems, and it had to cut costs to survive.
报告揭露严重财务问题后,这家公司陷入困境,不得不削减成本以求生存。
trouble 来自古法语 truble / troubler(意为“搅乱、扰乱”),与拉丁语 turbare(“使混乱”)相关;因此 in trouble 字面上可理解为“处在混乱/麻烦之中”,后来固定为表示“陷入麻烦、困境”的常用短语。