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tiredHtaIEd, $taIrdadj-er, -est疲劳的; 累的I was so tired (= in need of rest or sleep) when I got home from work last night.我昨天晚上下班回到家的时候十分疲劳。Are you getting tired? Shall we stop for a while?你累吗？我们要停一会儿吗？You'll have to excuse Joanna -- she's feeling rather tired and emotional at the moment.你要原谅乔安娜----她现在很累，也很激动。(Br humorous) Tired and emotional is also sometimes used to avoid saying drunk.喝醉的My legs are tired.我的腿酸了。She spoke in a tired voice.她用一种疲软的口吻说话。We were all really tired out (= very much in need of rest or sleep) after our long journey.长途旅行后我们都筋疲力尽了。(fig.) I'm (sick and) tired of (= bored with) doing the same job, day after day.我厌烦一天又一天地做同样的工作。(fig.) I'm (sick and) tired of (= have lost patience with) you telling me what to do all the time.我讨厌你总是对我说该做什么。(fig. disapproving) He's always coming out with the same tired excuses/clich/ideas (= saying things which are not original). 他总是说同样的使人厌烦了的借口/陈词滥调/想法。(fig. disapproving) It's always the same tired old faces/people (= people who are uninteresting because they are very familiar) at these meetings.在这些会上总是些不变的令人生厌的老面孔/老人马。"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson in Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1777) “一个人厌倦了伦敦也就厌倦了生活。”（鲍斯韦尔所著《约翰逊传》中塞缪尔·约翰逊之语）
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