exhausting

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If something exhausts you, it makes you so tired, either physically or mentally, that you have no energy left. 使精疲力竭
Don't exhaust him. 別讓他精疲力竭了。
2. exhaustedADJ 精疲力竭的
She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy. 她太疲憊和憂傷了，不想談?wù)撃菆?chǎng)悲劇。
3. V-T If you exhaust something such as money or food, you use or finish it all. 用完
We have exhausted all our material resources. 我們已用完了所有的物資。
4. V-T If you have exhausted a subject or topic, you have talked about it so much that there is nothing more to say about it. 說(shuō)盡
She and Chantal must have exhausted the subject of clothes. 她和錢(qián)特爾肯定說(shuō)盡了服裝這個(gè)主題。
5. N-UNCOUNT Exhaust is the gas or steam that is produced when the engine of a vehicle is running. 廢氣[also N in pl]
...the exhaust from a car engine. …從汽車(chē)引擎排出的廢氣。
The city's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes. 這座城市的街道骯髒不堪，充滿了廢氣。
6. N-COUNT The exhaust is the same as the . 排氣琯[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

Speaking as a mother of four, I can tell you that children are exhausting.
It's exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day .
After an exhausting shift at the hospital , she just wanted to get home to bed .
We finally arrived at the holiday cottage after an exhausting nine-hour drive .
The new director is a very lively character - his constant energy can be quite exhausting at times .