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boredom

/bawr-duhm/US // ˈbɔr dəm //UK // (ˈbɔːdəm) //

无聊,百无聊赖,无聊症,无聊的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being bored; the feeling of being wearied by dullness, tedious repetition, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundisinterest; weariness

Examples

  • Podcasts, music, and other audio can transport listeners and enhance enjoyment in environments where the increased focus is required or where boredom must be kept at bay.

  • As soaring stock markets and boredom have taken over the psyches of those locked in at home, would-be Robinhood challengers are also taking advantage of the times.

  • Before the pandemic, podcasts helped me stave off boredom on long-haul flights and kept me company during sleepless nights when my body was in one time zone and my mind was in another.

  • Forced into partnership, in a silent pact, we agreed to compete—to treat our schoolwork like a video game and establish a high score for it, staving off boredom and distracting ourselves from the torments that arrived at the hands of our peers.

  • It’s well-documented that boredom can lead to mistakes or inattention.

  • One needs not have served with the IDF to know true boredom, after all.

  • Boredom is something that a person can experience anywhere,” she says.

  • These include tips on how to avoid boredom, loneliness, frustration, and anxiety.

  • But the prevailing emotion that day, even among us awardees, was a bemused sense of boredom, restlessness and insatiability.

  • When Charlotte and Amerigo resume their affair, their behavior seems motivated less by passion than boredom.

  • The whole scene breathed boredom, the man embarrassed by the consciousness of his nullity, the woman tired of her dismal visitor.

  • Victor d'Arlan examined his fingernails and registered aristocratic boredom.

  • When her brilliant little face was in repose, it had a new look of fatigue and boredom.

  • Blood and, more than that, a desperate boredom fell upon the light touch.

  • Life knocked at the door and tore him from his artist's dreams to a dissolute existence of alternating pleasure and boredom.