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单词 bored
释义
boredbored /bɔːd $ bɔːrd/ ●●● S3 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Dad, can we go home now? I'm bored!
  • Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.
  • Kelly gets a new job, and two weeks later he's bored with it.
  • Mom, I'm bored!
  • She seems to get bored very easily.
  • The game isn't great, but it might provide some amusement for bored teenagers.
  • There's nothing to do here - I'm bored stiff!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Actually, if he had gone, he would have been rather bored.
  • But that was for bored husbands, and businessmen dating their secretaries.
  • He was also bored with Yolande and started bringing home girls, suggesting to Yolande that they try a threesome.
  • I was not bored, not in the least.
  • Mary looked bored and cross and said nothing.
  • She felt that Nelson was bored and it was her fault.
  • The soldier, becoming bored with the game, laconically reached out his cigarette end and burst the balloon in my face.
  • We got bored of that, we moved on.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
feeling that you are not interested in something or that you have nothing interesting to do: · Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.· I'm bored. Can we go home now?
[not before noun] informal feeling very bored and annoyed or unhappy – used especially when something has continued for too long, and you do not want it to continue any longer: · He got fed up with his old job and decided to start looking for a new one.· I’m fed up with listening to you complain!· You sound a bit fed up. Is everything alright?
(also be sick of somebody/something) to feel very annoyed and bored with something that has continued for too long. Be sick of somebody/something sounds stronger and more annoyed than be tired of somebody/something: · People are tired of hearing politicians make promises that they never keep.· Do it yourself – I’m sick of cleaning up after you!
informal to be so bored with something that has continued for a long time that you decide to leave, do something different, or change the situation: · She put up with him for ten years before she finally decided that she had had enough.· I've had enough of all this moaning! Can we try and be more positive?
Longman Language Activatorjobs/books/films/activities etc
something that is boring is not interesting in any way and makes you feel tired and annoyed: · I don't want some boring job in an office!· a long boring lecture on economic planning· What a boring way to spend an evening!· Most people who see a baseball game for the first time think it's pretty boring.
especially spoken very ordinary and not really interesting or enjoyable: · Did you watch that TV show about Prince Charles? It wasn't very interesting, was it?· There was nothing very interesting in the local newspaper - just the usual stuff.
especially written boring because nothing different, interesting, or exciting happens: · We spent a dull afternoon with some of Harold's business associates.· This kind of mindless work can become very dull very quickly.
something that is monotonous is boring because it always continues in the same way and it never changes: · Life on the farm was slow and monotonous.· The teacher's low monotonous voice almost put me to sleep.
something that is tedious is boring and tiring because it continues for too long: · It was one of the most tedious plays I've ever had to sit through.· Doing all those calculations without a computer would be extremely tedious.
stories, books, remarks etc that are banal , are ordinary and uninteresting, especially because they do not contain anything new, exciting, or original: · It was just another banal newspaper story.· I was expecting an interesting interview but he only asked a few banal questions about the weather.
a job, event, or activity that is mundane is boring and ordinary and gives you very little pleasure, especially because you do it every day: · The play is about the mundane existence of factory workers.· My initial job was pretty mundane, but later I was given more responsibility.
if something such as a job, speech, or a piece of writing or music is repetitive , it is boring because parts of it keep repeating again and again: · As children we suffered through schoolwork that was dull and repetitive.· He has some good ideas, but his lectures can get a little repetitive.
something that is uninspiring has nothing exciting or new about it, and makes you feel bored: · The restaurant's dessert selection was somewhat uninspiring.· Both candidates turned in uninspiring performances in last night's debate.
: humdrum existence/life/job one in which nothing interesting or exciting ever happens and nothing changes: · Occasional holidays abroad were the only things that brightened up her otherwise humdrum life.· Going to night school might improve your chances of getting out of that humdrum job.
especially British a job or an experience that is soul-destroying is extremely boring and makes you very unhappy because you feel that you are a useless person and your life has no meaning: · They spend all day sticking paper labels on toy cars - it's soul-destroying.· Going to the unemployment office and having to wait there for hours is a soul-destroying experience.
British informal /put you to sleep American informal if a speech, performance etc sends or puts you to sleep , it is extremely boring so you completely stop paying attention to it and want to sleep: · All his talk about his financial problems just sends me to sleep.· Isn't there anything else to watch? This movie's putting me to sleep.
place
not at all interesting or exciting to live in: · This is such a boring town - there's nothing to do in the evenings.· It's so boring here. I wish we lived in L.A.
a town that is dead is boring because nothing interesting happens, and there is nothing interesting to do: · In summer we get a few visitors, but most of the time this place is dead.· It's absolutely dead here when all the students go away for the summer vacation.
spoken if you say nothing ever happens in a place, you mean nothing interesting or exciting happens there: · Nothing ever happens around here. Why do you like it so much?
a dreary place is one where there is nothing attractive or cheerful to see: · I was living in a dreary apartment in a run-down part of town.· Laurie gazed out over a dreary landscape of factories and parking lots.
buildings and places that are drab are not colourful or interesting to look at: · When I came to Manchester from Brazil everything seemed so drab and colourless.· You enter the drab office building half-expecting it to be abandoned.
: featureless landscape/plain/coast etc a large area of land that has no interesting or unusual features: · It was flat, featureless coastline.· In the middle of these otherwise featureless plains is a striking range of mountains.
person
someone who is boring never says or does anything interesting: · He's so boring - all he ever talks about is football.· The professor was so boring, hardly anyone came to class.· Pam's parents are nice, but they're very boring.
someone who is dull is not unpleasant, but their life and their conversation is never interesting or exciting.: · Our neighbours are OK, I suppose, but they're so dull!· I'm afraid I must seem very dull compared with all those interesting people you meet.
a boring person who talks too much about themselves and about the things that they are interested in: · At parties she always gets stuck with some bore who wants to tell her the story of his life.
to make someone feel bored
to make someone feel bored, especially by talking too much about something they are not interested in: · Am I boring you?bore somebody with something (=bore someone by talking about a particular subject): · He bores everyone with his stories about his girlfriends.bore somebody to death/tears (=make someone very bored): · Being alone with a baby all day bored her to tears.
bored
tired and annoyed, either because you are doing something that you are not interested in, or because you have nothing to do: · Dad, can we go home now? I'm bored!· The game isn't great, but it might provide some amusement for bored teenagers.get bored: · She seems to get bored very easily.bored with: · Kelly gets a new job, and two weeks later he's bored with it.bored with doing something: · Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.bored to tears/bored to death/bored stiff (=extremely bored) informal: · There's nothing to do here - I'm bored stiff!
especially spoken bored and annoyed with something that has continued for too long: · Her husband's out working all the time, and she's really fed up.fed up with: · I'm fed up with health food - I'm going to have a hamburger.fed up with doing something: · We were all fed up with listening to her complaints the whole time.get fed up: · When you have to stay in and study every night you just get fed up with it.
spoken to feel very annoyed and bored with a situation that has continued for too long, or with a person who has done something for too long: · We're always arguing, and I'm just tired of it.· I'm really sick of him - he's always criticizing me.be tired/sick of doing something: · People are tired of hearing politicians make promises that they never keep.· Do it yourself - I'm sick of cleaning up after you!get tired/sick of (doing) something: · I get tired of eating the same food day after day.be sick and tired of (doing) something: · I'm sick and tired of your whining.
spoken to be so bored with something that has continued for a long time that you decide to leave, do something different, or change the situation: · After 10 years of teaching, Allan has had enough.have had enough of (doing) something: · By January I'd had enough of shoveling snow and decided to take a trip to Mexico.
if someone's eyes glaze over , they look as if they are going to fall asleep, because they are very bored, especially by what someone is telling them: · I could see her eyes were glazing over, so I quickly suggested a break.· When you start talking about important political issues, most people's eyes glaze over.
the feeling of being bored
· Boredom is one of the main reasons kids get into trouble.boredom of · She could no longer stand the boredom of having nothing to do.sheer boredom (=complete boredom) · Can you imagine the sheer boredom of doing the same job day in, day out for fifty years?out of boredom (=because you are bored) · I sit around all day and eat junk food out of boredom.
the feeling of being bored because you do the same things all the time, see the same people etc, and never do anything different: monotony of: · The monotony of prison life is enough to drive anyone insane.sheer monotony (=complete monotony): · The sheer monotony of the work is itself exhausting.
to try to make a situation less boring
· Sometimes she would try out different routes to relieve the monotony of her daily journey.· Harry tried to relieve the boredom by singing and whistling.
ways of saying that something becomes boring after a time
if the novelty wears off ,something that was new and interesting for a short time is no longer interesting: · After the novelty wears off, the Internet can be a very dull place.· Once the novelty has worn off, most of these kitchen gadgets just sit in the cupboard, unused for years.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· I get bored if I’m at home on my own all day.
written· She grew bored and started gazing out of the window.
· Some of the students were starting to look bored.
adverbs
· Teenagers are easily bored in the holidays.
phrases
(=extremely bored)· Rob was bored to tears trailing around the shops.
(=extremely bored)· Patti was bored stiff with small-town Massachusetts life.
(=extremely bored)· In some of the lessons, I was bored out of my mind.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Wants to live life to the full. Easily bored with repetition or details.· They are, in fact, suspicious of anything simple and easily bored with it.· Unfortunately Trevor was a restless child, and easily bored.· Examiners are human beings, and they are easily bored.
· But I get so bored with myself.· I wish she hadn't sounded quite so bored, nor in so much of a hurry.· I get so bored at home!· You must be so bored with war talk.· I felt ashamed of feeling so bored with them.
· In the end, she got very bored with staring out of the window at all the greenery outside.· It's just that I seem to have got very bored with it.· Jenny's twenty-sixth birthday was rolling round and she was becoming bored - very bored.· Because I would be very bored if all I did was administration.· I get very bored with reading how difficult he is and how cold he is.· I quite suddenly got very bored with M's conversation tonight.· One shop assistant approached my very bored husband rather than me.· I get very bored with all this.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • And I was scared stiff about having lied to Mel about being single when he hired me.
  • Cis, who knew about it, was scared stiff.
  • He was scared stiff, thought a ghastly mistake had been made.
  • He was very naturally scared stiff of using up all his remaining petrol and making a bad landing.
  • Mabel was by now scared stiff and frozen cold.
  • Poor kid, thought Alice, he's scared stiff.
  • We looked at each other, scared stiff, but we followed Mrs Bullivant upstairs.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounboreboredomadjectiveboredboringverbboreadverbboringly
 tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do:  He was easily bored. After a while, I got bored and left.bored with Are you bored with your present job?bored stiff/to tears/to death/out of your mind (=extremely bored)USAGE: Bored or boring?• You use bored about a person who is not interested in something: · I'm bored!• You use boring about something that makes you feel bored: · a boring filmCOLLOCATIONSverbsget bored· I get bored if I’m at home on my own all day.grow bored written· She grew bored and started gazing out of the window.look/sound/feel bored· Some of the students were starting to look bored.adverbseasily bored· Teenagers are easily bored in the holidays.phrasesbe bored to tears/to death (=extremely bored)· Rob was bored to tears trailing around the shops.be bored stiff/silly/rigid (=extremely bored)· Patti was bored stiff with small-town Massachusetts life.be bored out of your mind (=extremely bored)· In some of the lessons, I was bored out of my mind.THESAURUSbored feeling that you are not interested in something or that you have nothing interesting to do: · Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.· I'm bored. Can we go home now?fed up [not before noun] informal feeling very bored and annoyed or unhappy – used especially when something has continued for too long, and you do not want it to continue any longer: · He got fed up with his old job and decided to start looking for a new one.· I’m fed up with listening to you complain!· You sound a bit fed up. Is everything alright?be tired of somebody/something (also be sick of somebody/something) to feel very annoyed and bored with something that has continued for too long. Be sick of somebody/something sounds stronger and more annoyed than be tired of somebody/something: · People are tired of hearing politicians make promises that they never keep.· Do it yourself – I’m sick of cleaning up after you!have had enough informal to be so bored with something that has continued for a long time that you decide to leave, do something different, or change the situation: · She put up with him for ten years before she finally decided that she had had enough.· I've had enough of all this moaning! Can we try and be more positive?
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