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| /ɪgˈzɔːst/ |
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| 1 | to make someone extremely tired and without energy 使（某人）精疲力竭 |
| Caring for young children can exhaust you physically and mentally. 照看小孩子会使人身心俱疲。 |
| She was exhausted by running up the steep hill. 一路冲上这座陡峭的小山，她已经精疲力竭了。 |
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| 2 | to use all you have of something 用光；耗尽 |
| The expedition was forced to turn back when it exhausted its food supply. 食物耗尽，探险队被迫折返。 |
| | 2a | to use or consider all the possible ways of doing something 穷尽，竭尽（可能的方法） | | We need to exhaust all possibilities before we give up. 我们得试过所有的可能性后才能放弃。 | |
| | 2b | to talk about something until you have nothing else to say about it 详尽无遗地论述 | | We soon exhausted the subject of the weather. 关于天气的话题我们很快就词穷言尽了。 | |
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