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词组 boredom
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boredom /ˈbɔːdəm $ ˈbɔːr-/ noun [U] the feeling you have when you are boredverbsbe dying of boredom (=very bored) By the end of the film I was dying of boredom.relieve/alleviate the boredom (=stop yourself from feeling bored) We played games in the back of the car to relieve the boredom.adjectivessheer/utter boredom (=used when emphasizing that someone is very bored) He gave up his job because of sheer boredom.terminal boredom often humorous (=a situation in which you are too bored to do anything) Occasional jokes saved us from terminal boredom.phraseshave a low boredom threshold (=become bored very easily) She has a low boredom threshold and wants new challenges.THESAURUS: boredom monotony a bored feeling, caused by the same thing happening again and again, or something always looking the same: There were no trees or houses to break the endless monotony of the landscape. | He was longing to escape the dull monotony of his job. tedium a very boring feeling. Tedium is more formal than boredom, and is used especially when something very boring continues for a long time: To relieve the tedium of the days, they sang or told stories. | For the workers, the meal-breaks are a release from the tedium of their jobs at the factory. | The tedium is broken by the arrival of a passenger plane. | The women have grown tired of the tedium of being at home all day.
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