boredom

• n. 厌倦；令人厌烦的事物

英文词源

boredom (n.)

"state of being bored," 1852, from bore (v.1) + -dom. It also has been employed in a sense "bores as a class" (1883) and "practice of being a bore" (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833).

双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Meanwhile, the boredom is excruciating.

同时，又无聊得让人苦恼不已。

来自柯林斯例句

3. People went bananas with boredom.

人们闷得发狂。

来自柯林斯例句

4. 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。

来自《权威词典》

5. the double-edged quality of life in a small town—security and boredom

小城镇生活的双重性—安全但乏味

来自《权威词典》