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单词 ennui
释义
ennui
noun[U]
literary
uk
/ˌɒnˈwiː/us
/ˌɑːnˈwiː/
afeelingof beingboredandmentallytiredcausedby having nothinginterestingorexcitingto do:
（由于无所事事而感到的）无聊，厌倦，倦怠
Thewholecountryseemsto beaffectedby the ennui ofwinter.冬天的倦怠似乎影响着整个国家。
Synonyms
boredom
tedium
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the state of being unhappy and uninterested
  • boredomThere's nothing to do at the cabin - I might die of boredom.
  • tediumFilming a televison show involves a fair bit of waiting and tedium behind the scenes.
  • tediousnessI can't imagine the tediousness of cataloguing every single piece of writing in the archive.
  • wearinessShe listened to his complaining with a growing sense of weariness.
  • ennuiHis latest book was about suburban ennui and the middle-aged desire for something new.
  • drearinessShe wanted to go to the big city and escape the dreariness of her rural, small-town life.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Boredom, tedium and boring things
  • banality
  • blandness
  • boredom
  • bromide
  • cabin fever
  • commonplace
  • flatness
  • frustration
  • insipidness
  • jejune
  • longueur
  • screed
  • snooze
  • snoozefest
  • sterility
  • stodginess
  • stuffiness
  • tediousness
  • treadmill
  • yawn
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(Definition ofennuifrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofennui

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This would explain yourennuiand the enormous amount of time you seem to have on your hands.
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A yearning for life has turned into disenchantment andennui.
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Here, therefore, is the rub: awareness of high proficiency,ennui, and, as described below, the notion of negligible career prospects trigger an occupational apex or plateau.
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It should be observed that put this way, love is subjected to a strictly instrumental evaluation; it is celebrated merely as a reassurance against personalennui.
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Why have we this sense of lassitude, ofennui, throughout the economy?
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He also says that betting among the working people is largely due toennui.
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It is due toennui, and he adds that the problem which presents itself with regard to them is how to compel them to find occupations of social value.
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In any event, all of us who are regular attenders at these debates feel a littleennuiin repeating what we have said before on these issues.
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The novel portrays a man mired inennui, in which state he contemplates the meaning of life.
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Albeit elliptically, its aphorisms refer to decay, death, vegetation, natural disasters, impotence, frustration,ennuiand excrement.
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The acetylcholine recpetor were significantly reduced in the adultennuiin size as well as localization at the myotome segment borders of fast-twitch muscles.
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Yet his sensitive face and slightly aloof expression give the impression of thoughtful dignity and refinement, with a hint of intellectualennui.
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Stale and full ofennui, this album makes washing the dishes seem a more creative act by comparison.
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It addresses young, wealthy characters'ennuiand fears of the financial crisis with dry humor.
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Frustration andennuiare the end of all selfish motivations.
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