exhaust
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If something exhausts you, it makes you so tired, either physically or mentally, that you have no energy left. 使精疲力竭
Don't exhaust him. 別讓他精疲力竭了。
2. exhaustedADJ 精疲力竭的
She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy. 她太疲憊和憂傷了,不想談論那場悲劇。
3. V-T If you exhaust something such as money or food, you use or finish it all. 用完
We have exhausted all our material resources. 我們已用完了所有的物資。
4. V-T If you have exhausted a subject or topic, you have talked about it so much that there is nothing more to say about it. 說盡
She and Chantal must have exhausted the subject of clothes. 她和錢特爾肯定說盡了服裝這個主題。
5. N-UNCOUNT Exhaust is the gas or steam that is produced when the engine of a vehicle is running. 廢氣[also N in pl]
...the exhaust from a car engine. …從汽車引擎排出的廢氣。
The city's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes. 這座城市的街道骯髒不堪,充滿了廢氣。
6. N-COUNT The exhaust is the same as the . 排氣琯[英國英語]
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exhaust /?ɡ?z??st/ (exhausting,exhausted,exhausts)
劍橋詞典
- Take a break now, please - you mustn't exhaust yourself.
- Our plan was to exhaust the children at the park , so that they would sleep in the car .
- The effort of his ordeal completely exhausted him.
- Billy's heart was so weak that just climbing a few steps exhausted him.
- Please don't exhaust yourself cooking and cleaning for him, Granny - he can look after himself.
exhaust verb [T] (TIRE)
to make someone extremely tired使精疲力竭;使疲憊不堪
The long journey exhausted the children . 長途旅行後,孩子們疲憊不堪。
I've exhausted myself with all that cleaning . 打掃衛(wèi)生累得我精疲力盡。
例句
exhaust verb [T] (USE)
to use something completely
用完;花光;耗盡
How long will it be before the world's fuel supplies are exhausted? 再過多長時間地球上的燃料就耗盡了?
I'm afraid he's exhausted my patience . 恐怕我對他已經失去耐心了。
We seem to have exhausted this topic of conversation (= we have nothing new to say about it). 這個話題我們好像已經沒有什麼好談的了。 返回 exhaust