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Working hard at something over a long time without ever to get tired or give up. It describes the kind of person who is still going long after everyone else has stopped, and it is almost always a compliment — it praises determination, not just energy.
Working hard at something over a long time長時間很努力做一件事,without ever seeming to get tired or give up而且看起來從來不會累或放棄。It它 describes the kind of person形容的是那種人,who is still going long after everyone else has stopped別人都停下來很久了,他還在繼續做,and而且 it it is almost always a compliment幾乎都是稱讚的話——it it praises determination, not just energy稱讚的是毅力,不只是體力。
It attaches especially to work done for a cause: a tireless , a tireless defender of human rights, her tireless work for the charity. It is also used of the effort itself: tireless efforts, tireless dedication.
It它 attaches especially to work done for a cause特別常搭配為某個理念做的事:a tireless campaigner像不知疲倦的運動者、a tireless defender of human rights不屈不撓的人權捍衛者、her tireless work for the charity她為慈善機構所做的不懈努力。It它 is also used of the effort itself也可以用來形容努力本身:tireless efforts像 tireless efforts、tireless dedication tireless dedication。
Notice that it does not literally claim the person never feels tired — of course they do. What it means is that their tiredness never stops them, which is why it sounds like praise rather than a medical description.
Notice要注意 that it does not literally claim the person never feels tired它並不是字面上說這個人從來不會累——of course they do他們當然還是會累。What這個字真正的意思是 it means is that their tiredness never stops them是他們的疲累從來不會讓他們停下來,which這也是為什麼 is why it sounds like praise rather than a medical description它聽起來像稱讚,而不是在描述身體狀況。
The related adverb is "tirelessly" ("she worked tirelessly for years"), and the noun is "tirelessness", which is rarer.
The related adverb相關的副詞 is "tirelessly"是 "tirelessly"("she worked tirelessly for years"像「she worked tirelessly for years」),and而 the noun名詞 is "tirelessness"是 "tirelessness",which這個字 is rarer比較少見。
組成tire + -less. "Tire" is the verb meaning to become tired or weary. The ending -less means "without" — hopeless is without hope, useless is without use — so tireless is "without tiring". (Careful: this is a different word from the "tire" on a car wheel, which is spelled the same in American English but is unrelated here.)
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。
tirelessadj詞源 1
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Indefatigable, untiring and not yielding to fatigue
- James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.
tirelessadj詞源 2
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Without a tire (wheel covering); tyreless.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。