核心畫面

Think of a well that has been drawn from until nothing comes up any more — the bucket the bottom and there is simply nothing left inside. That emptied-out state is the picture: a supply drained to zero. A person can be emptied the same way, with the last of their energy drawn off.

可以想成一口被打水打到見底的井:桶子放下去刮到底,再也舀不上任何東西了。這個「被抽乾、裡面什麼都不剩」的狀態就是這個更多收起可以想成一口被打水打到見底的井:桶子放下去刮到底,再也舀不上任何東西了。這個「被抽乾、裡面什麼都不剩」的狀態就是這個字的畫面。東西可以這樣被掏空,人也可以——最後一點力氣被抽光了,人就 exhausted。

原始詞典資料4 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。

exhaustedadj/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/

  • 1

    Very tired; zonked (out).

    • The exhausted man fell asleep immediately.
  • 2

    Depleted of resources.

    • The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.
  • 3

    obsoletesciencesEmptied of contents, especially of air; that has been made into a vacuum.

    • A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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