Something tiresome annoys you slowly. It is not exciting anger — it is the feeling of "oh, this again".

Something tiresome annoys you slowlytiresome形容的東西會慢慢讓你不耐煩。It is not exciting anger不是讓人生氣的那種強烈感覺——it is the feeling of "oh, this again"而是『喔，又來了』的那種感覺。

A long form with too many boxes is tiresome. A colleague who tells the same story every week is tiresome. Waiting on the phone for forty minutes is tiresome.

A long form with too many boxes一張有太多欄位要填的長表格 is tiresome是tiresome的。A colleague who tells the same story every week一個每星期都講同一個故事的同事 is tiresome是tiresome的。Waiting on the phone for forty minutes講電話等了四十分鐘 is tiresome也是tiresome的。

The word is an adjective and works both for things (a tiresome journey, tiresome paperwork) and for people and their behaviour (a tiresome child, don't be tiresome).

The word is an adjective這個字是形容詞 and works both for things可以用在事物上 (a tiresome journey令人厭煩的旅程, tiresome paperwork煩人的文書工作) and for people and their behaviour也可以用在人和他們的行為上 (a tiresome child惹人厭的小孩, don't be tiresome別這麼煩人)。

Notice the small trap in the spelling: it comes from tire, but it does not mainly mean "makes your body tired". It means "wears out your patience". A tiresome meeting may involve no physical work at all. If your legs ache after climbing, that is tiring, not tiresome.

Notice the small trap in the spelling留意拼字裡的小陷阱：it comes from tire它是從tire這個字來的，but但 it does not mainly mean "makes your body tired"主要意思不是『讓你身體累』。It means "wears out your patience"它的意思是『把你的耐心磨光』。A tiresome meeting一場tiresome的會議 may involve no physical work at all可能完全不涉及體力勞動。If your legs ache after climbing如果爬山之後腿痠，that is tiring那是tiring，not tiresome不是tiresome。

The word feels a bit formal and a bit old-fashioned, and it has a British flavour — you hear it more from older speakers and read it more in books than you hear it from young people in the street. Young speakers would say annoying, or a pain, or such a hassle.

The word feels a bit formal and a bit old-fashioned這個字感覺有點正式、有點過時，and也 it has a British flavour帶點英式味道——older speakers年長的人 use it more比較常這樣說，books書裡 use it more也比較常出現，young people in the street街上的年輕人 use it less比較不會這樣講。Young speakers would say年輕人會說 annoying煩人、a pain很麻煩、or such a hassle或超麻煩的。

That does not make tiresome wrong; it makes it polite. It is the word you choose when you are complaining but do not want to sound rude.

That does not make tiresome wrong這不代表tiresome是錯的；it makes it polite只是代表它比較禮貌。It is the word you choose這是你會選的字 when you are complaining當你想抱怨 but do not want to sound rude又不想顯得沒禮貌時。