单词

tiresome

读音

ˈtaɪərsəm

美式

英式

词根

"Tiresome"的词根是"tire"，源自古英语中的"tyrigan"，意为使疲倦。而词尾"-some"则表明这是一个形容词，并且带有"具有…性质"的含义。

释义

adj. 烦人的，无聊的；令人讨厌的

例句

Now the tiresome chirping of a cricket that no human ingenuity could locate, began.

这时，一只蟋蟀开始发出烦人的唧唧声，而人们根本找不到它在哪。

The children were being very tiresome.

这些孩子非常讨人嫌。

Buying a house can be a very tiresome business.

买房子会是件很麻烦的事。

强化记忆

这个单词可以通过记忆法来记忆，"tire"和"some"字面意思是"疲倦的一些"，可以联想为"一些使人疲倦的"，也就是"烦人的，令人厌倦的"。"Tiresome"一词源于15世纪的英语，由"tire"和"-some"构成，"tire"在古英语中的意思是“疲倦”，"-some"作为一个形容词后缀，表示“全是，充满”。这个词在英语中的使用持续至今，常用于描述令人疲惫或不愉快的人或事物。

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It got this query correct:"A long, tiresome speechdelivered by a frothy pie topping,"

and they knock down the trees.And that's a bore, and it's tiresome,and as Sergey says, "... and they make no dung!"

I have a lot of it, and that's a good thing I suppose. (Laughter)So this gets really boring and really tiresome for me,so after a while the process of notating is not only boring,

and comes by every night to sing outside her house.This becomes so tiresome that she tries to scare him awayby hanging her rear end out the window for him to kiss.

And usually my work, it takes me to Washington D.C.And there, I must attend these meetings, mingling with some tiresome politicians,trying to make me feel comfortable

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