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源自 tire(使疲劳) + -some(形容词后缀,表示“具有…性质的”),最早记录于15世纪。
❶ 形容事物或人让人感到疲劳、无聊或厌烦,通常因为重复、单调或持续时间过长。
“The long meeting was so tiresome that everyone started yawning.”
(漫长的会议令人疲惫不堪,大家都开始打哈欠。)
“Her constant complaints about the weather became tiresome.”
(她对天气没完没了的抱怨让人厌烦。)
tiresome work — 指那些重复、单调或需要长时间集中注意力的工作,容易让人感到疲劳或厌烦。
“Sorting through all these files is such tiresome work.”
(整理所有这些文件真是件令人厌烦的工作。)