| 词组 | burn out |
| 释义 | burn out 1. burn (yourself) out to work so hard that in the end you cannot continue working, because you have become tired, ill, or unable to think of any new ideas: ▪ It's important that you learn to relax more, or you're likely to burn out. ▪ Young stockbrokers often work eighteen-hour days, and burn themselves out before they are thirty. burned-out adj informal very tired or ill, or unable to think of any new ideas, because you have been working too hard: ▪ At the end of the week I felt completely burned-out. ▪ I didn't want to become one of those burnt-out writers with nothing left to say. burnout n U when you are unable to continue working because you have worked so hard that you are very tired or ill, or unable to think of any new ideas: ▪ More and more people suffer from burnout due to overwork. 2. be burned/burnt out if a vehicle or a building is burned out, the inside of it is destroyed in a fire: ▪ The stolen car used in the robbery was found burnt out near Middlesburgh. ▪ A chemical works was completely burnt out in one of the region's biggest fires for decades. burnt-out adj always before noun a burnt-out vehicle or building has been so badly damaged by fire that only the outside of it is left: ▪ We passed a burnt-out truck at the side of the road. 3. a fire burns (itself) out if a fire burns out or burns itself out, it stops burning because there is nothing left for it to burn: ▪ She'd fallen asleep in her chair and the fire had burnt out. ▪ In remote areas of the country, the forest fires were allowed to burn themselves out. 4. burn (itself) out if an illness or a strong emotion burns itself out, it gradually becomes less severe or serious and then stops completely: ▪ The doctor said the fever should burn itself out in a few days time. ▪ At first Schramm's anger had been intense, but now he felt that it had burnt out. 5. burn out if a piece of electrical equipment burns out, it stops working because it has been used too much or has become too hot: ▪ The electrical system in the car will burn out if you're not careful. |
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