雅思词汇解析（36） | 疲倦

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本周我们来学习和疲倦有关的词汇。

1. grumpy /'grʌmpɪ/

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 /'wɪərɪ/

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 /rɪ'liːs/

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.