weary

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wear·y1 /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ adjectiveadj

1 TIREDvery tired or bored, especially because you have been doing something for a long time 〔尤指因长期做某事〕筋疲力尽的，非常疲劳的，厌烦的，厌倦的

She found Rachel in the kitchen, looking old and weary.

她发现雷切尔在厨房里，看上去苍老而疲惫。

She sat down with a weary sigh.

她疲倦地叹口气坐了下来。

weary of (doing) something

He was weary of the constant battle between them.

他对他们之间无休止的争斗感到厌倦了。

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In everyday English, people usually say tired rather than weary: 在日常英语中，人们一般说 tired，而不说 weary

They were tired after their journey.

旅行结束后他们感到很疲惫。

2 especially literaryTIRED very tiring 令人疲倦的

a long and weary march

令人疲倦的长途行军

—wearily adverbadv

—weariness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

weary• He eased himself off the bed gingerly, feeling more than a little crumpled and weary.• One by one the men made the shore, weary and bedraggled, limbs aching from the strain of fighting the storm.• My head grew weary from trying to follow his arguments.• Eventually some one will emerge from the muck, the rusty mayoral crown askew on a weary head.• I was so weary, I fell asleep as soon as I lay down.• It was Ritchie, his pale face looking weary, nose pink from cold.• It was the peace of death and sorrow, in a land weary of war, and made listless by loss.• There was a weary sadness in his voice.• After the hike the two were so weary they fell asleep immediately.• Snow in Boston closed down the airport, causing even more delays for weary travellers.• Sixty-six thousand more made the weary trek home again.

weary of (doing) something• He would have been acting out of character and trying on something his party had wearied of.• I am sick and weary of all this business.• One reason for the new fashion is that people are weary of downsizing.• The electorate was expected to be weary of elections and possibly apathetic as well.• Yes, he was weary of exploiting and of being exploited.• I am weary of having my feet on the ground, dearest.• By this time we had grown weary of heart-to-heart chats with senior management.• Suddenly she was weary of the constant battle between them.

weary2 verb (wearied, wearying, wearies) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

formalTIRED to become very tired, or make someone very tired (使)非常疲倦

Amanda wouldn’t admit how much the children wearied her.

阿曼达不愿承认孩子们把她折腾得很疲惫。

weary of (doing) something

As the day wore on, we wearied of the journey.

随着一天慢慢过去，我们对旅行感到厌倦了。

—wearying adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

weary• Perhaps it would have, except that she was nodding off, wearied by Anna, lulled by the sound of the waves.• Kerry's constant need for attention wearies me.• It was only as the day wore on that we wearied of the journey and began to be afraid.• He would have been acting out of character and trying on something his party had wearied of.

Origin weary1

Old English werig

wear·y1 adjectiveadj →REGISTER1weary2 verb

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