| 单词 | tire of somebody/something |
| 释义 | tire of somebody/somethingtire of somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) to become bored with someone or something 对…感到厌烦 Sooner or later he’ll tire of politics. 迟早他会厌倦政治的。 b) never tire of doing somethingOFTEN to enjoy doing something again and again, especially in a way that annoys other people 不厌其烦地做某事〔因此令人厌烦〕 He never tires of talking about the good old days. 他总是不厌其烦地谈论过去的好时光。 Examples from the Corpus tire of • They began their affair in April, but he quickly tired of her. never tire of doing something• He never tires of talking about the good old days.• And it was true, as Christians never tired of pointing out, that a painful spiritual confusion reigned.• And when speech gave way to the rhythmic breathing and small cries or even angry groans that I never tired of overhearing?• As Otis never tired of saying, this was the promised land.• I look at both my sewing and knitting as wonderful gifts that I will never tire of.• I never tire of watching this strange beast that lurches like a turkey and sways its neck like a swan.• She felt she would never tire of the way Ludo demonstrated each change in his mood.• Still, never tired of handing them out.• Yet certain films he would watch over and over again and never tire of them. → tire of somebody/something at tire1(1) |
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