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    Ennui is a tired, bored, empty feeling — not after one dull hour, but with your days, your work, or your whole way of living. You are not simply bored of this film; you feel that nothing is quite enough.

    Ennui倦怠感, not after one dull hour不是像看一部無聊電影那樣只無聊一小時, but with your days, your work, or your whole way of living而是對你的每一天、工作,或整個生活方式, is a tired, bored, empty feeling感到一種疲憊、無聊、空虛的感覺。 You are not simply bored of this film你不是只對這部電影感到無聊, you feel that nothing is quite enough而是覺得什麼都提不起勁。

    English borrowed the word from French and still says it in a French way (roughly on-WEE). It belongs to books, essays, and people who like fine words. In a normal chat, I'm bored or I'm tired of everything is what most people say.

    English borrowed the word from French英語從法語借了這個字, and still says it in a French way現在還是用法語的方式來唸 (roughly on-WEE)(大概唸成on-WEE), It belongs to books, essays,它常出現在書籍、文章裡, and people who like fine words和喜歡用文雅字眼的人口中。 In a normal chat在一般聊天裡, is what most people say大多數人會說的是 I'm bored or I'm tired of everything「I'm bored」或「I'm tired of everything」。

    Though actually, ennui is a close old cousin of : both grew from Latin in odio, “in hate,” but they grew apart. is everyday and sharp; ennui is slow and heavy.

    Though actually不過其實, ennui is a close old cousin of annoyennui和annoy是關係很近的老親戚: both grew from Latin in odio兩個字都源自拉丁文in odio, "in hate,"意思是「在恨中」, but they grew apart後來才分道揚鑣。 Annoy is everyday and sharpAnnoy日常又尖銳; ennui is slow and heavyennui則緩慢而沉重。

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組成An unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiāre, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

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  • annoya doublet: both come from Latin in odio, “in hatred”; French kept ennui, English reshaped the other branch into annoy

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

ennuinoun/ɒnˈwiː/

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    A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

    • There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui.

ennuiverb/ɒnˈwiː/

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    To make bored or listless; to weary.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。