bore
/bɔː(r)/
v.
一句话记住
使厌烦;使厌倦
释义与例句
v.
使厌烦;使厌倦
to make someone feel tired and uninterested, especially by talking or continuing for too long
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The long lecture bored many of the students.
冗长的讲座让许多学生感到厌烦。
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I will not bore you with the technical details.
我就不拿技术细节来烦你了。
展开其余 1 条例句
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He bored us with stories about his school days.
他反复讲学生时代的事,把我们听烦了。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
人感到无聊用 bored,事物令人无聊用 boring;bore somebody with details 是“拿细节使某人厌烦”。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
同义词
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tire 使疲倦;使厌烦tire 主要指使人疲倦,也可指令人厌烦;bore 明确指因单调、冗长或缺乏趣味而使人失去兴趣。The constant repetition began to tire the audience. 不断重复开始让观众感到厌烦。
反义词
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interest 使感兴趣interest 表示引起兴趣,与 bore 的使人厌倦相对,语气比 entertain 更中性。The hands-on experiments interested the whole class. 动手实验引起了全班学生的兴趣。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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boring 令人无聊的boring 描述令人无聊的事物;bored 描述人感到无聊,不能说 I am boring 来表达“我很无聊”。The film was so boring that several people left early. 这部电影太无聊了,好几个人提前离场。
常见搭配
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bore somebody with something 用某事使某人厌烦She bored the visitors with a lengthy account of local history. 她长篇大论地讲当地历史,让来访者听得厌烦。
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bore somebody to death 把某人烦得要死The repetitive presentation bored the audience to death. 这场重复的演示把观众烦得要死。