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单词 bored
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bored1

adjective bɔːdbɔrd
  • Feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity.

    she got bored with staring out of the window
    they hung around all day, bored stiff
    bored teenagers
    John was soon bored to tears with the work
    she's bored out of her mind
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today's fair is a magnet for children, teenagers and bored parents.
    • But if you're bored stiff with your job and you feel you're just drifting along because it's easier that way, then think again.
    • Neil no longer looked bored or impatient; he look dumbfounded.
    • And if you find yourself getting bored lying by the pool, there are plenty of activities to keep you busy.
    • His letters have actually been written by two nasty, bored teenagers.
    • The scheme, which has been welcomed by councillors, residents and the police, aims to tackle the problem of gangs of bored teenagers often gathering and intimidating people.
    • I think we need more help for bored young people and more things for them to do so they don't get their fun this way.
    • As long as unemployment stays low, bored employees will be apt to bolt.
    • But, with so many avenues for entertainment today to enliven the bored and the weary mind, is reading becoming a hobby of the past?
    • Moltar was barely paying attention to his cameras, already bored of the lack of action so far.
    • The solution in the end was even more fantastic; It was a bored teenager in his own back garden, letting fly at all the neighbouring houses.
    • The second question asked the interviewer to evaluate if the respondent appeared bored or impatient during the interview and was scored as a dichotomy.
    • Finally she gave up trying to read and sat at the table bored stiff, the book swinging idly in her fingers.
    • Long queues of bored, dejected people stretched from the various desks.
    • The disc jockey himself looked bored stiff and completely disgusted by the music blasting from the two speakers beside his table.
    • The resort also has an hotel and apartments to cater for families and couples and there are plenty of activities for those who get bored lying on the beach.
    • That's because they're bored silly with this whole ‘book tour’ thing, isn't it?
    • They all took a shaky breath then started chanting some sort of incomprehensible song with the bored, rushed tones of someone who has performed said song many times before.
    • After a while Cane began to get bored and impatient.
    • Education provision, with its labyrinthine structure of exams and assessments, has moved on but the core issues of funding, favoured schools and bored teenagers have not.
    Synonyms
    with nothing to do, unoccupied, unemployed, at leisure, idle, purposeless, aimless, adrift, with time to kill

Usage

The traditional constructions for bored are bored by or bored with. The construction bored of emerged more recently, and is extremely common, especially in informal language. Although it is perfectly logical by analogy with constructions such as tired of, it is not fully accepted in standard English

Derivatives

  • boredly

  • adverbˈbɔːdli
    • The remaining twelve members stood boredly around in a semi-circle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I sat boredly on my stool, tapping my hand against the marble counter.
      • His left eye was a deep blue orb, looking boredly over mirrored sunglasses.
      • Yesterday afternoon, boredly pottering around the house, I decided to take some initiative.
      • Once seated, boredly check your voice mails.

bored2

adjective bɔːdbɔrd
  • in combination (of a gun) having a specified bore.

    large-bored guns
 
 

bored1

adjectivebôrdbɔrd
  • Feeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity.

    she got bored with staring out of the window
    they would hang around all day, bored stiff
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The disc jockey himself looked bored stiff and completely disgusted by the music blasting from the two speakers beside his table.
    • Today's fair is a magnet for children, teenagers and bored parents.
    • The scheme, which has been welcomed by councillors, residents and the police, aims to tackle the problem of gangs of bored teenagers often gathering and intimidating people.
    • The solution in the end was even more fantastic; It was a bored teenager in his own back garden, letting fly at all the neighbouring houses.
    • And if you find yourself getting bored lying by the pool, there are plenty of activities to keep you busy.
    • Finally she gave up trying to read and sat at the table bored stiff, the book swinging idly in her fingers.
    • As long as unemployment stays low, bored employees will be apt to bolt.
    • Moltar was barely paying attention to his cameras, already bored of the lack of action so far.
    • Long queues of bored, dejected people stretched from the various desks.
    • But if you're bored stiff with your job and you feel you're just drifting along because it's easier that way, then think again.
    • The resort also has an hotel and apartments to cater for families and couples and there are plenty of activities for those who get bored lying on the beach.
    • His letters have actually been written by two nasty, bored teenagers.
    • But, with so many avenues for entertainment today to enliven the bored and the weary mind, is reading becoming a hobby of the past?
    • Education provision, with its labyrinthine structure of exams and assessments, has moved on but the core issues of funding, favoured schools and bored teenagers have not.
    • After a while Cane began to get bored and impatient.
    • I think we need more help for bored young people and more things for them to do so they don't get their fun this way.
    • The second question asked the interviewer to evaluate if the respondent appeared bored or impatient during the interview and was scored as a dichotomy.
    • Neil no longer looked bored or impatient; he look dumbfounded.
    • That's because they're bored silly with this whole ‘book tour’ thing, isn't it?
    • They all took a shaky breath then started chanting some sort of incomprehensible song with the bored, rushed tones of someone who has performed said song many times before.
    Synonyms
    with nothing to do, unoccupied, unemployed, at leisure, idle, purposeless, aimless, adrift, with time to kill

Usage

The traditional constructions for bored are bored by or bored with. The construction bored of emerged more recently, and is extremely common, especially in informal language. Although it is perfectly logical by analogy with constructions such as tired of, it is not fully accepted in standard English

bored2

adjectivebôrdbɔrd
  • in combination (of a gun) having a specified bore.

    large-bored guns
 
 
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