boredom

英 [ˈbɔːdəm]

美 [ˈbɔːrdəm]

n.  厌烦; 厌倦; 无聊

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牛津词典

noun

• 厌烦；厌倦；无聊
  the state of feeling bored; the quality of being very boring
  1. I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom.
     由于实在闲极无聊，我开始无节制地大吃起来。
  2. Television helps to relieve the boredom of the long winter evenings.
     电视有助于打发漫长无聊的冬夜。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 厌烦；厌倦
  Boredomis the state of being bored.
  1. He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom...
     他不再去听那些讲座完全是出于厌倦。
  2. They often find they begin to chat to relieve the boredom of the flight.
     他们发现自己常常是为了打发飞行途中的无聊才开始聊天。

英英释义

noun

• the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  Synonym:ennuitedium

双语例句

• My mood could be summed up by the single word boredom.
  我的心情可以用厌倦这一个词来概括。
• Nostalgia has been shown to counteract loneliness, boredom and anxiety.
  从研究结果看来，怀旧可以减少孤独、无聊与焦虑。
• Meanwhile, the boredom is excruciating
  同时，又无聊得让人苦恼不已。
• This can really be the cure to your boredom at work.
  这可能是治愈你工作厌烦症的良方。
• Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
  只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。
• Boredom and depression at work prompted almost two-thirds to call in sick because they are disillusioned with their jobs.
  工作中的无聊和压抑导致几乎三分之二的员工以生病的理由请假，因为他们对于工作的幻想破灭了。
• Although we associate yawning with sleepiness and boredom, its function appears to be to wake us up.
  虽然我们把打哈欠与睡意和厌倦联系在一起，但打哈欠的作用似乎是使人清醒。
• Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and read on and on.
  在百无聊赖中，随手抓过一本书来，读下去。
• It can signal friendliness or hostility GetWord(" hostility");, interest or boredom, and understanding or misunderstanding.
  他能暗示友善或是敌意，感兴趣或是无聊，和理解与误解。
• That is, the things that bring happiness also bring frustration, anxiety, boredom, fear, etc.
  即是说，那些给我带来快乐的事物给我带来的还会有沮丧、焦虑、无聊、恐惧等等。