weary學測 L6KK [ˈwɪri]/ˈwɪri/
疲倦的;疲憊的·使疲憊;使精疲力竭·厭倦的;厭煩的
常與 tired 混用,但語感不同
By the time the shift ended, the nurses looked weary but still smiled at each new patient.

值班結束時,護理師看起來很疲憊,但仍對每位新病人微笑。

同樣是『累』,tired 只講身體,weary 連『心累到不想再理』都能講。

一個畫面:力氣被磨光

腿軟攤坐爬完長樓梯後雙腿發軟坐下
電量歸零像手機用到只剩最後一格電力
聽膩皺眉同一句話聽第十次忍不住皺眉

義項

腿軟攤坐C2adjective疲倦的;疲憊的
After walking for four hours in the mountains, we were too weary to walk another step.
走了四小時的山路後,我們累到再也走不動了。
feel wearylook weary
電量歸零C1verb使疲憊;使精疲力竭
The long trip wearied the children before we even reached home.
這趟長途旅行讓孩子們還沒到家就已經累壞了。
be wearied by
聽膩皺眉C2adjective厭倦的;厭煩的
After hearing the same joke three times, I grew weary of it.
同一個笑話聽了三次之後,我對它感到厭煩了。
grow weary ofweary of

片語

weary of聽膩皺眉 →對某事感到厭倦
grow weary漸漸累垮 →漸漸變得疲憊或厭倦
weary sigh疲憊嘆氣 →疲憊地嘆一口氣
world-weary看破世事 →對世界感到厭倦淡漠

你會不會這樣說?

The hikers looked ___ after the long hike. (weary / wary)

看答案

weary

weary 是「疲憊的」,wary 是「警戒的」,拼法只差一個字母。

'My brother grew weary of the same homework.' 這裡 weary 最接近哪個意思?(A) 身體累 (B) 心裡厭煩

看答案

(B)

此句講的是重複做同件事後的厭煩,對應「厭倦的」義項而非體力疲憊。

字族

weariness 疲憊;厭倦(名詞)・wearily 疲憊地(副詞)

順路看看

exhausted比 weary 更強烈的精疲力盡

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤