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- mass noun extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness极度疲劳, 疲乏, 劳累:
he was nearly dead with fatigue.
他快累死了。
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- a reduction in the efficiency of a muscle or organ after prolonged activity(肌肉或器官的)疲劳; 劳损。
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- weakness in materials, especially metal, caused by repeated variations of stress(材料, 尤指金属的)疲劳:
metal fatigue.
金属疲劳。
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- with modifier a lessening in one's response to or enthusiasm for something, typically as a result of overexposure to it(尤指接触过多导致的)反应迟钝; 热情减退:
museum fatigue.
对博物馆的热情减退。
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fatigues
a menial task of a non-military nature performed by a soldier, sometimes as a punishment(有时作为对士兵惩罚的)杂役, 劳动:we're on cookhouse fatigues, sir.
“我们在帮厨, 长官。”
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- (亦作 fatigue party)[count noun] a group of soldiers ordered to do such a duty(被罚做杂役的士兵的)杂役队, 劳动队。
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fatigues
loose-fitting clothing, typically khaki, olive drab, or camouflaged, of a sort worn by soldiers when performing such menial tasks or on active duty(士兵干杂役或服现役时穿的)工作服, 劳动服; 训练服:battle fatigues.
作战服。
(fatigues, fatigued, fatiguing)with obj.(常作 be fatigued)
1- cause (someone) to feel tired or exhausted使疲劳:
they were fatigued by their journey.
他们一路而来已人困马乏。
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- reduce the efficiency of (a muscle or organ) by prolonged activity使(肌肉, 器官)疲劳。
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- weaken (a material, especially metal) by repeated variations of stress使(材料, 尤指金属)疲劳。
派生词
fatiguability
(亦作fatigability)nounfatiguable
(亦作fatigable)adjective词源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'task or duty that causes weariness'): from French fatigue (noun), fatiguer (verb), from Latin fatigare 'tire out', from ad fatim, affatim 'to satiety or surfeit, to bursting'.