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单词 exhaust
释义
exhaust
verb[T]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔːst/us
/ɪɡˈzɑːst/

exhaustverb[T](TIRE)

C1
to make someoneextremelytired:
使精疲力竭；使疲惫不堪
Thelongjourneyexhausted thechildren.长途旅行后，孩子们疲惫不堪。
I've exhausted myself with all thatcleaning.打扫卫生累得我精疲力尽。
More examples
  • Take abreaknow,please- you mustn't exhaust yourself.
  • Ourplanwas to exhaust thechildrenat thepark, so that they wouldsleepin thecar.
  • Theeffortof hisordealcompletelyexhausted him.
  • Billy'sheartwas soweakthat justclimbinga fewstepsexhausted him.
  • Please don't exhaust yourselfcookingandcleaningfor him, Granny - he canlookafter himself.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tired and making tired
  • all in
  • anti-fatigue
  • atyourworstidiom
  • be dead onyourfeetidiom
  • be fit/ready to dropidiom
  • finishsomethingoff
  • fit to dropidiom
  • fragile
  • gassed
  • haggard
  • knackered
  • shattered
  • shell-shocked
  • sleep deprivation
  • sleep-deprived
  • sleepily
  • sleepiness
  • strung out
  • wrecked
  • zonked
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exhaustverb[T](USE)

to use somethingcompletely:
用完；花光；耗尽
Howlongwill it be before the world'sfuelsuppliesare exhausted?再过多长时间地球上的燃料就耗尽了？
I'mafraidhe's exhausted mypatience.恐怕我对他已经失去耐心了。
Weseemto have exhausted thistopicofconversation(= we have nothing new to say about it).这个话题我们好像已经没有什么好谈的了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using and misusing
  • adopt
  • adoption
  • avail
  • availyourselfofsomething
  • be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
  • go through
  • gobblesomethingup
  • make capital out ofsomethingidiom
  • max
  • max out
  • recycle
  • spare
  • spent
  • swallow
  • tap
  • trade onsomething
  • turn over
  • turn tosomeone/something
  • turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
  • unblock
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exhaust
noun[U]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔːst/us
/ɪɡˈzɑːst/
C1
thewastegasfrom anengine,especiallya car's, or thepipethegasflowsthrough:
（引擎排出的）废气；（尤指汽车的）尾气；排气管
Car exhaust is themainreasonfor the city'spollution.汽车尾气是造成城市污染的主要原因。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rubbish and waste
  • anti-litter
  • anti-littering
  • debris
  • dejunk
  • dejunking
  • garbage disposal
  • gubbins
  • high-level waste
  • influent
  • jetsam
  • litter
  • muck
  • rubbish
  • sewage
  • sewerage
  • shavings
  • skip diving
  • slag
  • spoil
  • white elephant
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Machines - Engines & motors
(Definition ofexhaustfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

exhaust| American Dictionary

exhaust
verb[T]
us
/ɪɡˈzɔst/

exhaustverb[T](TIRE)

to make apersonor ananimalextremelytired:
Thelonghikeup themountainexhausted us all.

exhaustverb[T](USE)

to use somethingcompletely:
After awholedaywith thekids, herpatiencewasnearlyexhausted.
exhaust
noun[C/U]
us
/ɪɡˈzɔst/

exhaustnoun[C/U](GAS)

thewastegasfrom anengine,esp. a from acar, or thepipethisgasflowsthrough
(Definition ofexhaustfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

exhaust| Business English

exhaust
verb[T]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔːst/us
to use all of something so that there is noneleft:
exhaust asupply/resource/stock
exhaust everypossibility/option
(Definition ofexhaustfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexhaust

exhaust
Their activation has to be agreed rather than being automatic so it is not clear how rapidly they would be exhausted.
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The matter is not exhausted by whether the work is paid or not.
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A society can be defined as a pattern of mutual tolerance, surviving after the dynamism of mutual exclusion has been temporarily exhausted.
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When the trust fund exhausts and benefit cuts are required, lifetime benefits fall beginning with the 1970s birth cohort.
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However, morality as it bears on meaning is not exhausted by observing deontological restrictions.
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The analysis of interactions between pairs of parasites in laboratory experiments has been a fruitful exercise and has not yet been exhausted.
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Thus, a word with two feet counts as if it is two words, exhausting its phonological phrase.
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In contrast, chromaticism and pedal points appear to have exhausted their interest after the early period.
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The introduction of catalytic converters has reduced the toxicity of car exhausts.
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However, the experiment was too long and exhausting for the subjects, and therefore, we preferred the reported method.
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Conventional wisdom-and many textbooks-suggest that diversification benefits are largely exhausted with a portfolio of 10-15 stocks.
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The last explosion fires, very far away, have abandoned their long reverberations and are exhausted as they trail away.
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Around 1890 the 'opera-ballo' was exhausted, even its spectacular element having lost appeal.
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How can refugees produce a surplus when their plot is too small, the soil exhausted, or when the rains fail to come, as in 2005 ?
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After 20 to 30 years of hard work, difficult living conditions and an insecure legal status, however, many are exhausted and have acquired health problems.
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Collocationswithexhaust

exhaust

These are words often used in combination withexhaust.

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automobile exhaust
Design of bellows in anautomobileexhaustsystem is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system design.
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car exhaust
The first panel shows four hanging bodies; the second shows four small clouds ofcarexhaust.
From theCambridge English Corpus
diesel exhaust
Heavy-handed tactics such as these, not to mention the palls ofdieselexhaustnormally hanging over those same roads, have provoked considerable public resentment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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