boredom

英 ['b??d?m] 美['b?rd?m]
  • n. 厭倦;令人厭煩的事物

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英文詞源


boredom (n.)
"state of being bored," 1852, from bore (v.1) + -dom. It also has been employed in a sense "bores as a class" (1883) and "practice of being a bore" (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833).

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
只有一名穿制服的無(wú)聊警衛(wèi)可能偷聽到了他們的談話。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Meanwhile, the boredom is excruciating.
同時(shí),又無(wú)聊得讓人苦惱不已。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. People went bananas with boredom.
人們悶得發(fā)狂。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom.
由于實(shí)在閑極無(wú)聊,我開始無(wú)節(jié)制地大吃起來(lái)。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. the double-edged quality of life in a small town—security and boredom
小城鎮(zhèn)生活的雙重性—安全但乏味

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》