(1) tedious指“沉闷烦人的,枯燥乏味的”。
- What a tedious lecture!
多么枯燥乏味的演讲!
(拓展学习:小词详解 | tedious)
(2) tiring意为“令人疲倦的”。
- He just finished/accomplished a tiring journey covering a distance of 2,000 km.
他刚刚完成长达2000公里距离的令人疲倦的旅行。 - I found riding is as tiring as walking.
我发现骑车和步行一样累人。
(3) tiresome表示“使人厌烦,令人讨厌的”。
- Being idle all day is very tiresome .
整天无所事事也令人生厌。 - It is very tiresome of him to play the flute all day.
他整天吹笛子,烦死人了。
(4) troublesome意思是“使伤脑筋、困难的;麻烦的”。
- His son is a troublesome boy, isn't he?
他儿子是一个很令人伤脑筋的孩子,对不对? - Don't ask him so many troublesome things.
不要问他那么多的烦心事。
(5) monotonous意为“单调的,由于单调而烦人的”。
- The students complained about the monotonous school dinners.
学生们抱怨学校的饭食太单调。
(6) dull指“枯燥乏味的,沉闷无聊的”。
- She found it dull doing domestic chores all day.
她发现整天做家务是一件沉闷无聊的事。 - I haven't the slightest interest in such a dull book.
对这样一本枯燥乏味的书,我提不起丝毫的兴趣。
(7) boring意为“令人生厌的,烦人的”。
- There being nothing to do, we spent a boring evening.
因为无事可做,我们挨过了一个烦人的夜晚。
(8) ①weary用于人,意为“疲倦的,劳累的”,与tired相近;用于物,意为“累人的,令人疲倦的”。
- I'm always weary after my day's work.
做完一天的工作,我常常感到劳累不堪。 - Carrying the furniture upstairs was a very weary task.
搬家具上楼是一件非常累人的活儿。 - He had rather a weary day.
这一天他可是够累的。
②用于be weary of,意为“对……感到厌烦”。
- I'm weary of his stupid jokes.
我很讨厌他那愚蠢的玩笑。 - He grew weary of staying home all day long.
他对于整天待在家里变得厌倦起来。
(9) wearing意为“累人,烦人”。
- I found working in this company was extremely wearing .
我发现在这家公司供职极为累人。 - The manager finds his male assistant extremely wearing /on the nerves.
经理发现他的男助手极其烦人。
(拓展学习:小词详解 | weary)
