exhaust

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ex·haust1 /ɪɡˈzɔːst $ -ˈzɒːst/ verb [transitiveT]

1 TIREDto make someone feel extremely tired 使精疲力竭

A full day’s teaching exhausts me.

讲一整天课令我精疲力竭。

exhaust yourself

He’d exhausted himself carrying all the boxes upstairs.

他把所有的箱子搬到楼上，把自己弄得精疲力竭。

2 FINISH/USE ALL OF somethingto use all of something 用完，耗尽 SYN use up

We are in danger of exhausting the world’s oil supply.

我们面临世界石油储备耗尽的危险。

Having exhausted all other possibilities, I asked Jan to look after the baby.

各种可能的办法都行不通了，我只好请简来照料宝宝。

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3 exhaust a subject/topic etc TALK TO somebodyto talk about something so much that you have nothing more to say about it 详尽无遗地论述某主题/话题等

Once we’d exhausted the subject of Jill’s wedding, I didn’t know what to say.

我们把吉尔婚礼的每个细节都聊遍之后，我就不知道该说些什么了。

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exhaust• The organization has exhausted all its funds.• What will happen when we have exhausted all our natural resources?• Sooner or later most workers will be wired, and another moderator of inflation will then have been exhausted also.• It exhausted him to talk for too long, but he loved hearing all the theater gossip.• The effort of swimming against the current exhausted him.• As support funds are exhausted, more funds are deployed in protecting positions against the currency.• Over-intensive farming had exhausted the supply of nutrients in the soil.• We are in danger of exhausting the world's oil supply.• The trip totally exhausted us.

exhaust yourself• At first he showed some energy, but as recalcitrance persisted on both sides this quickly exhausted itself.• Finally, the anger exhausted itself.• You will know about using the voice and body and know how not to exhaust yourself.• Each time she exhausted herself but managed never to become ill.• Given its inherent curiosity, even the simplest mind will exhaust itself devising solutions to challenges it confronts.• He said he hadn't the strength to act on it, and yet he exhausted himself in making it roadworthy.• Jake exhausted himself romping in and out of Oak Creek.• As long as you don't exhaust yourself, this is good advice.

exhausted ... possibilities• Have we therefore exhausted all possibilities of being clearer as to what we are talking about?• Having exhausted all these possibilities, the ordering and challenging might become explicit.

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