本周我们来学习和疲倦有关的词汇。 1. grumpy /'gr?mp?/ adj. 脾气坏的;感到烦躁的 e.g. Lack of sleep can make us grumpy and grouchy. e.g. I was feeling grumpy and grouchy after a long flight. 补充:grouchy与grumpy相近:爱发牢骚的 e.g. I get grouchy when I'm tired.
n. grump 爱发牢骚的人 e.g. If you mope around all week during a rainy vacation with your family, don't be surprised if they call you a grump. 补充:mope around 没精打采的四处转。
2. weary /'w??r?/ adj. 疲劳的;疲倦不堪的 e.g. I need to rest my weary eyes. e.g. The miners were weary after a long shift. 注:shift 轮班制
adj. 厌倦的;厌烦的 搭配:be weary of e.g. Young people weary of countless restrictions and fetters. fetter n. 束缚
v. weary 使厌倦,使失去兴趣 e.g. Endless tasks completely weary me.
3. fatigue n. 疲惫;疲劳;疲倦 e.g. Fatigue may affect a pilot's judgment of distances. e.g. Some of the men were obliged to fall out from fatigue. syn. tiredness
adj. fatigued 某人疲惫的 adj. fatiguing 某件事令人疲惫的 e.g. mentally, emotionally fatigued 心累;精神疲劳 e.g. Long distance flight is undeniably fatiguing.
4. release /r?'li?s/ v. 发行,推出(唱片、碟片或电影) e.g. The album was originally released in 1974. e.g. Her last hit movie was released in 2009. 注:hit movie 热门电影
n. 发行;发布 常见搭配:be on general release e.g. The film was on general release last week. 同义词:come out
n. 新发行的影片;新片;新碟;发行物 e.g. You can find almost all new releases on this website. e.g. As recently as 2002, a new release of Elvis's hits sold more than any other collection in the country.