adj. 使耗尽的,使人精疲力竭的 v. 用尽( exhaust的现在分词 );使非常疲倦;详尽讨论(或研究);弄空
exhausting 用法和例句
I found filming terribly exhausting .
我发现拍电影这一行真累人。
It was one of the most exhausting but important times of my young life .
这段时间也是我年轻时最累但也最重要的一段时间。
That sense of being lost , of having to do daily battle with loneliness , lasted for four exhausting years .
那种丢失了的感觉,不得不每天同孤独战斗的感觉,持续了精疲力竭的4个年头。
While many recipients find new jobs before exhausting their benefits , large numbers in the current recession have been unable to find work for a year or more .
It has been exhausting carrying all these numbers around in our heads , anxious about what people will think when they see them .
这么些天脑袋里一直装着这些财政数字,还得担心人们看到这么之后会怎么想,这把我们弄得精疲力竭了。
汉语翻译
a. 使耗尽的, 使人筋疲力尽的 【计】 经验, 技巧, 穷举, 耗尽, 排气 【化】 抽空
词意辨析
exhausting, exhaustive
这是两个由exhaust变化而来的形容词。 exhausting: 是现在分词,作形容词使用,义:“使竭尽的”、“使疲惫的”(to make empty or tire out)。与之经常搭配使用的词有day、job、task、experiment等。exhausted是过去分词,意为“空竭的”、“疲惫的”(fatigued or tired),用作表语形容词,放在连系动词之后。
this is a piece of exhausting work. 这是一件吃力的工作。
a journey through the mountains is exhausting. 攀山越岭的旅程是十分吃力的。
after taking part in the cleaning campaign,the children were much exhausted. 参加了清洁运动后,孩子们都感到十分疲倦。
exhaustive: 是形容词,意为“完全的”、“彻底的”(thorough or complete),与之经常搭配的词有 work、inquiries、research、investigation、treatment 等。
this is a piece of exhaustive work. 这是一部完美的作品。
the police are making an exhaustive investigation of the crime. 警察正在彻底调查该罪案。
can you produce an exhaustive list of the library books? 你能否提供一份图书馆的全部藏书名单?
英语解释
动词 exhaust:
wear out completely同义词:exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
use up (resources or materials)同义词:consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
deplete同义词:run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
use up the whole supply of同义词:exhaust
create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)同义词:evacuate, exhaust
形容词 exhausting:
having a debilitating effect同义词:draining
producing exhaustion同义词:tiring, wearing, wearying
例句
I am not used to dress like this. It is exhausting!我不习惯这样穿着,好累哦!
Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work.劳动体力或脑力的运用,尤指出现困难或精疲力尽时; 工作
The police have spent an exhausting day searching the woods."警察在小树林里寻找了一天,已经精疲力竭。"
Trainee commandos are put through an exhausting assault course.受训的突击队员要参加令人筋疲力尽的突击课程。