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单词 exhaustion
释义
exhaustion
noun[U]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/us
/ɪɡˈzɑː.tʃən/
B2
thestateof beingextremelytired:
精疲力竭；疲惫不堪
Shefeltillwith/from exhaustion.她过于劳累，病倒了。
More examples
  • As theyapproachedthe end of themarathon, therunnerslookednear exhaustion.
  • Recovering from theutterexhaustion of such alonganddifficultlabourmight take themotherseveraldays.
  • She was taken intohospitalsufferingfrom exhaustionbroughton bystress.
  • Ill with exhaustion, theexpeditionteamhad nostrengthleftto make themselves ashelter.
  • Thepooroverworkedhorsecollapsedfrom exhaustion and had to be put down.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tired and making tired
  • all in
  • anti-fatigue
  • atyourworstidiom
  • be dead onyourfeetidiom
  • be fit/ready to dropidiom
  • fit to dropidiom
  • fragile
  • frazzled
  • gassed
  • haggard
  • half dead
  • knackered
  • shell-shocked
  • sleep deprivation
  • sleep-deprived
  • sleepily
  • sleepiness
  • sleepy
  • strung out
  • zonked
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(Definition ofexhaustionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

exhaustion| American Dictionary

exhaustion
noun[U]
us
/ɪɡˈzɔs·tʃən/
thestateof beingextremelytired:
Murayama wassidelinedshortlyafter hisarrivalby whataidessaid was exhaustion.
(Definition ofexhaustionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexhaustion

exhaustion
The 70-year old pensioner has to accept substantial probabilities of capitalexhaustionwithin his lifetime relying on an insurance equivalent fund solution.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Emotionalexhaustionrelated positively to role conflict and ambiguity.
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Some stocks may be physically exhausted, but physicalexhaustionis not a necessary condition for significant inter-temporal user costs.
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The epidemic declined either because control measures (therapy of all suspected cases) had produced results or because ofexhaustionof susceptible individuals.
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It triumphs over hunger, thirst, disease, injury, andexhaustion.
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Lowering of green fluorescence by constant red fluorescence possibly indicatesexhaustionof the proton-pumping machinery in phagolysosomes occupied by indigestible particles.
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Eventually, it seems that sheerexhaustioncontributed to the papacy's decision to back down, but even here the peace that was forged was not straightforward.
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Quite correctly, the authors attribute the slump toexhaustionof the first oilfields and not to post-revolutionary nationalism.
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As expected, we thus found that the advantage of large seeds persisted in savannas even afterexhaustionof the seed reserves.
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I should not pass over in silence that today the feeling is beginning to spread that the fertility of these abstracting methods is approachingexhaustion.
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The drop in milk yield from the seventh month onwards could possibly be explained byexhaustionof the breast tissue.
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As an alternative to theexhaustionof salvage attempts, other competing concepts to internalization need to be taken seriously.
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In every case, it said finite reserves of these minerals were approachingexhaustionand prices would rise steeply.
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At the end of this difficult development, our resources of energy and fiscal support were close toexhaustion.
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From the fifth lactation period onwards,exhaustionmay begin in the breast tissue.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithexhaustion

exhaustion

These are words often used in combination withexhaustion.

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emotional exhaustion
Emotionalexhaustionrelated positively to role conflict and ambiguity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
near exhaustion
The present stock of headed notepaper is near exhaustion, having lasted six months.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
nervous exhaustion
Even the party opposite should know that some of the main causes of illness today are tension, strain,nervousexhaustionand worry.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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