tedium

tedium

英 ['tiːdɪəm]
　　美 ['tidɪəm]

n. 沉悶；單調乏味；厭煩

中文詞源：

tedium 冗長，乏味

來自拉丁語 taedium,冗長，乏味，來自 teadere,使乏味，使厭倦。

例句：

1. It was another day of mind-numbing tedium.
又是一個令人麻木的單調乏味的日子。

2. She longed for something to relieve the tedium of everyday life.
她渴望有什麼事情能排解她日常生活中的煩悶。

3. We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey.
我們玩遊戲,來解除旅行的沉悶.

4. She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job.
她開始懷疑自己會不會被枯燥的工作逼瘋。

5. In myself I could observe the following sources of tedium.
從我自己身上,我所觀察到的煩悶的根源有下列一些.