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外刊例句
- Now Mr Putin is throwing a large portion of his weary army at eastern Ukraine in the hope of salvaging something from his war.
现在，普京正在把他疲惫不堪的军队中的很大一部分投入乌克兰东部，希望能从他的战争中挽回一些东西。
——《经济学人》 - Although the technocratic prime minister Mario Monti was ousted by austerity-weary voters, the currently gridlocked Parliament seems unlikely to pass growth-enhancing policies anytime soon.
尽管技术官僚出身的总理马里奥·蒙蒂被深受紧缩之苦的选民们赶下了台，但目前陷入僵局的议会似乎不太可能在短期内通过促进增长的政策。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep
[形容词] （尤指因过度努力或睡眠不足而）感到或表现出疲倦的
深入解读
Weary 是一个与小站之前推送过的 wary 较为形似也容易混淆的单词，该词主要指经过长时间连续不断的辛苦努力工作后而“疲劳的、疲倦的、疲惫的、精神不振的”，比如：
- 他的作品是经典与流行音乐有趣的混合，可以给你疲惫的心灵充注活力。
His work is an interesting hybrid of popular and classical music. It can replenish your weary soul.
这种疲惫常意味着无法忍受、经历更多相同的事情，或者因精力或兴趣耗尽而不愿意继续努力或关注，因而也可以用 weary of (doing) sth 表示“对……不再感兴趣、不再热心、感到厌烦的”，常作正式用语使用，比如：
- 她很快便对听他唠叨他那次抢救行动的繁琐细节厌烦起来。
She soon grew weary of listening to the tedious details of his salvage operation.
反过来 weary 也常作书面用语指“使人疲劳的、令人厌烦的”，主要形容某个事情需要大量的精力或耐力，或者说又累又乏味的，比如使人疲乏的长途旅程（a long and weary journey）、令人心焦的等待（a weary wait）。
用作动词时， weary 则相应表示“使疲劳、使疲倦”以及“（使）厌烦、不耐烦、失去热情”，比如：
- 这间办公室里恶毒的谣言层出不穷。不过别担心，流言蜚语终不能长久。
The office is rife with vicious gossip. But don't worry. Gossip, after all, soon wearies.
名著用例
To be yearning for the difficult, to be weary of that offered; to care for the remote, to dislike the near; it was Wildeve's nature always.
渴望难以得到的，厌倦送上门来的；喜欢可望不可及的，讨厌眼前的，这一直是韦狄的天性。
出自英国小说家托马斯·哈代（Thomas Hardy）的长篇小说《还乡》（The Return of the Native）。
同近义词
- worn out: (of a person or animal) extremely tired; exhausted
- exhausted: drained of one's physical or mental resources; very tired
- whacked: completely exhausted
