| 单词 | exhausting |
| 释义 | exhausting (once / 2081 pages) adj Something that's exhausting tires or fatigues you. An exhausting hike up the side of a mountain leaves you gasping for breath and so tired you need to sit down and rest. Some things, like a rigorous workout or a difficult type of manual labor, are physically exhausting. Others are mentally exhausting, like a long argument with a friend or a tricky calculus exam. The adjective exhausting is rooted in the Latin exhaurire, "draw off, take away, use up, or empty," which perfectly describes how you feel after an exhausting experience. WORD FAMILYexhausting: exhaustingly+/exhaust: exhausted, exhausting, exhaustion, exhaustive, exhausts/exhausted: exhaustedly, unexhausted/exhaustion: exhaustions/exhaustive: exhaustively USAGE EXAMPLES“It was exhausting because I walked,” recalled the mother, from Lesotho, where almost 23% of the population live with the virus. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s exhausting, but it’s the best kind of exhausting,” Belue said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Johnson’s research is exhaustive and, at times, exhausting. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj having a debilitating effect an exhausting job in the hot sun Syn draining debilitating impairing the strength and vitality 2adj producing exhaustion an exhausting march Syn tiring, wearing, wearying effortful requiring great physical effort |
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