詞彙精選：weary的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adj.

疲倦的；睏乏的

例句：

I need to sit down and rest my weary limbs.

我要坐下歇歇腿。

例句：

After many hours in the saddle he was very weary.

騎馬騎了幾個小時後，他非常疲倦。

使人厭煩的

例句：

I am so weary of this place.

這個地方讓我厭煩透了。

例句：

We soon became weary of city life.

我們很快就厭煩了城市生活。

v.

（使）疲乏，（使）厭煩 [I,T]

例句：

The trip wearied her.

旅行使她疲勞。

例句：

The long hours of work have wearied me.

長時間的工作使我疲勞。

二、詞義辨析：

weary,tired

這兩個形容詞均有“累的，疲乏的”之意。weary側重指由於連續不斷進行某項活動而造成的疲勞，以致感到厭煩。tired普通用詞，泛指因工作緊張，勞動過度，休息不足等而引起的疲乏。

三、參考例句：

I am so weary of this place.

這個地方讓我厭煩透了。

How weary, flat, stale the city is!

這是一個充斥着厭煩、單調和陳舊的城市。

We were weary of the constant quarrels.

我們厭煩了無休止的爭吵。

We soon became weary of city life.

我們很快就厭煩了城市生活。

She was weary of being alone.

她厭倦了獨處。

I am weary of his constant complaints.

我對他不斷髮牢騷感到厭煩。

They felt weary after all their hard work.

他們把所有的累活兒都幹完後感到筋疲力盡。

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed.

筋疲力盡，我趕緊臥倒在牀。

We all grew weary of his long-winded speech.

我們對他冗長的發言都感到很厭煩。

The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea.

走累了的人們把腳伸進海水中浸泡以緩解疼痛。