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the burnout of + noun
此结构强调烧坏的对象，常用于设备故障语境。
The burnout of the electric motor was caused by overloading.
电动机的烧坏是由过载引起的。
烧尽；烧完
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
烧尽；烧完
the process of burning completely until nothing is left
The burnout of the electric motor was caused by overloading.
电动机的烧坏是由过载引起的。
长期精疲力竭和兴趣减退的状态,尤指在事业方面。
The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
长期精疲力竭且兴趣减退的人。
A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
因压力和过劳而感到不堪重负和精疲力竭,从而产生愤世嫉俗、冷漠或抑郁的感觉。
A feeling of being overwhelmed and exhausted from stress and overwork, rendering one cynical, uncaring or depression.
火箭发动机在燃料耗尽或按计划施加速度增量后不可逆地节流而关闭。
The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
The toaster's burnout ruined our breakfast.
烤面包机的烧坏毁了我们的早餐。
The fan motor suffered a burnout and stopped working.
风扇电机发生了烧坏，然后停止运转。
Old wiring is the main cause of electrical burnouts.
旧电线是电气设备烧坏的主要原因。
此结构强调烧坏的对象，常用于设备故障语境。
The burnout of the electric motor was caused by overloading.
电动机的烧坏是由过载引起的。
burnout 作定语修饰名词，如 burnout time、burnout temperature 等，均表示燃料耗尽或完全燃烧的状态。
The engineers calculated the burnout velocity of the fuel.
工程师计算了燃料的燃尽速度。
at burnout 作为时间状语，常用于航天或发动机技术描述，表示燃料耗尽、燃烧停止的瞬间。
At burnout, the rocket engines automatically shut down.
在燃尽时刻，火箭发动机自动关闭。
Not this
The circuit burnout when I turned it on.
Use this
The circuit had a burnout when I turned it on.
burnout 是名词，不能当动词表示『烧坏』。要表达电路发生烧坏故障，应使用动词 have 或 suffer，再把 a burnout 作为宾语；不能直接把名词放在动词位置上。
Not this
The engineer found burnout signs in the wires.
Use this
The engineer found signs of burnout in the wires.
名词 burnout 不能像形容词一样直接放在另一个名词前作定语。表示『烧坏的迹象』英语习惯用 of 结构，即 signs of burnout，而不是按汉语语序说 burnout signs。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
发动机烧毁；熄火
Engine burnout can occur if the cooling system fails.
如果冷却系统失灵，发动机可能会烧毁。
电机烧坏
The motor burnout was caused by a power surge.
电机烧坏是由电涌引起的。
燃尽点；熄火点
The missile reached burnout point at an altitude of 30 kilometers.
导弹在30公里高度达到了燃尽点。
燃尽时间；熄火时间
The rocket's burnout time was recorded by the telemetry system.
火箭的燃尽时间由遥测系统记录。
完全烧尽
Complete burnout of the fuel leaves only ash.
燃料完全烧尽后只留下灰烬。
倦怠
Green Day's 1994 album Dookie opens with the song 'Burnout'.
绿日乐队1994年专辑《Dookie》以歌曲《Burnout》开场。
你是个废物。
In the 1985 film The Breakfast Club, the principal calls the rebellious character John Bender a burnout.
在1985年电影《早餐俱乐部》中，校长称叛逆的角色约翰·本德为废物。
Use burnout naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
burn（烧）+ out（尽）= 烧尽、熄火；想象蜡烛燃尽，人也会 burnout（精疲力尽）。
语域：formal 常见场景：工程/机械技术文档、航空航天（燃料耗尽熄火）、设备烧毁故障说明 该词表示“烧尽、烧坏、熄火”时多用于技术、工程或机械等正式语境，比较常见于设备故障、发动机熄火或燃料耗尽的说明；日常口语中较少单独使用这个名词义项。
以上单词与 burnout 的结尾 /aʊt/ 押韵。其中 out、shout、stout、trout、clout 都含有连续的拼写 -out；doubt 中的 b 不发音，拼写特殊但读音相同。注意：不要凭拼写把 ou 一律读成 /aʊ/，例如 through /θruː/、though /ðoʊ/、thought /θɔːt/ 等 -ough 词并不押韵。
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