Ennui
[ɒn'wiː] or [ɑn'wi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Fr.] Listlessness (for want of occupation), languor, tedium, lassitude, wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness.
錄入:奥维尔
解釋/意思:
n. a feeling of weariness or disgust from satiety &c.: the occasion of ennui.—v.t. to weary: to bore.—adj. Ennuy (鋘g-nwē-yā′) bored.
整理:斯图
例句/造句/用法:
- They had passed a long wet day together without _ennui_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why, you would die of ennui in a week. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- They were only a week married, and here was George already suffering ennui, and eager for others' society! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A chronometer-watch--a beetle--her soul fainted with utter ennui, from the thought. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He was now growing a little more tranquil, while Elliston was charming away his fears, as well as the _ennui_ of the audience. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It saved me from ennui, he answered, yawning. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I now had five shops, and with experimenting on this new scheme I was pretty busy; at least I did not have ennui. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I have public business enough to preserve me from _ennui_, and private amusement besides, in conversation, books, and my garden. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- She used to tell the great man her ennuis and perplexities in her artless way--they amused him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I got through my teaching; I got over the intermediate hours; I saw evening approaching, and armed myself for its heavy ennuis. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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