| 释义 |
‖ wahala, n.|wəˈhalə|
[Hausa.]
In Nigeria: trouble, affliction, calamity; also, inconvenience, fuss, bother, palaver.
1973W. Soyinka Season of Anomy xii. 258 He was going to his house on the reservation and would not step out of it until all the trouble was over. ‘I shall simply lock myself in’ he grinned, ‘stock up on stout and drink the wahala dry.’ 1982B. Emecheta Double Yoke (1983) x. 93 Look at all the wahala he raised about the university forms. 1986E. Amadi Estrangement ii. 19 The GOC came with his wahala. 1987C. Achebe Anthills of Savannah x. 137 If I for know na such big oga de for my front for that go-slow how I go come make such wahala for am. 1988N.Y. Times 21 Feb. vii. 26/2 The taxi driver blames the ‘wahala’ of the traffic incident on the fact that Ikem doesn't travel around in a chauffeur-driven car that befits his position. |
