1. 1

    If something is inexhaustible, there is so much of it that it can never be finished or used up. People say this about energy, patience, kindness, a supply of jokes, or — more hopefully than scientifically — a country’s resources. The word paints a well that never runs dry.

    If something is如果某個東西是inexhaustibleinexhaustiblethere is so much of it代表它多到it can never be finished or used up永遠用不完、耗不盡People say this about人們會用這個字來說energy, patience, kindness, a supply of jokes精力、耐心、善意、源源不絕的笑話or more hopefully than scientifically或者比較是一種樂觀而非科學的說法a country's resources一個國家的資源The word paints這個字描繪的畫面是a well that never runs dry一口永遠不會乾涸的井

    In careful talk it is often a bit of an : almost nothing in the real world is truly never-ending, so you will hear it in praise (“her inexhaustible curiosity”) more than in a lab.

    In careful talk在講究的用法裡it is often a bit of an overstatement這個字常常有點誇張almost nothing in the real world is truly never-ending現實世界裡幾乎沒有什麼東西是真的永無止盡的so you will hear it in praise所以你比較會在稱讚的話裡聽到它("her inexhaustible curiosity")(像是「her inexhaustible curiosity」)more than in a lab而不是在實驗室裡

    It is the opposite of exhausted in the “used up” sense, not the “very tired” sense. Though actually, English lets exhaust do both jobs, which is why this word can feel slipperier than it looks.

    It is the opposite of它是的反義詞exhausted in the "used up" senseexhausted 在「用完了」這個意思上not the "very tired" sense不是「很累」那個意思的反義詞Though actually不過其實English lets exhaust do both jobs英文的 exhaust 這個字本來就兼有這兩種意思which is why這也是為什麼this word can feel slipperier than it looks這個字感覺起來會比看起來更滑溜難懂

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

    看看訂閱內容

組成in-(不)+ exhaustible(用得完的)。exhaustible 來自 exhaust(用盡、抽乾)+ -ible(能夠被……的)。

同家族的字

  • exhaustthe verb “use up” at the root
  • exhaustiblethe opposite: something that can be used up

原始詞典資料1 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。

inexhaustibleadj/ɪnɪɡˈzɔːstɪbl̩/

  • 1

    Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.

    • Henriette and Marie de Mancini, his former inexhaustible themes, seemed to have entirely escaped his memory.
    • [I]t would not be very much less absurd for someone to write about New York City after having spent only a few years or a few decades in this metropolis of inexhaustible adventure, of terrifying emotional fecundity, of uncapturable character.

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