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be exhausting
用于描述某事物本身让人疲惫。
The final hike was exhausting, but we made it to the top.
最后的徒步旅行令人筋疲力尽，但我们成功到达了山顶。
使人精疲力竭的；令人疲惫的
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使人精疲力竭的；令人疲惫的
Very tiring.
The final hike was exhausting, but we made it to the top.
最后的徒步旅行令人筋疲力尽，但我们成功到达了山顶。
非常累人
Very tiring.
The ten-hour hike through the jungle was exhausting.
在丛林中徒步十小时令人筋疲力尽。
Preparing for the certification exam is mentally exhausting.
备考认证考试在精神上令人心力交瘁。
Caring for a sick relative every day can be emotionally exhausting.
每天照顾生病的亲戚可能会在情感上令人耗尽精力。
用于描述某事物本身让人疲惫。
The final hike was exhausting, but we made it to the top.
最后的徒步旅行令人筋疲力尽，但我们成功到达了山顶。
强调主观感受，宾语是让人疲惫的人或事。
She finds working late every day exhausting.
她觉得每天加班非常令人心力交瘁。
用作定语修饰名词。
The exhausting schedule left him no time for rest.
这个令人筋疲力尽的日程让他没有时间休息。
Not this
After the marathon, I was exhausting.
Use this
After the marathon, I was exhausted.
错误使用了以-ing结尾的形容词来形容人的感受。exhausting意为“令人筋疲力尽的”，描述事物本身的性质；而exhausted意为“感到筋疲力尽的”，描述人的感受。主语是人时，应用exhausted。
Not this
The professor gave an exhausting explanation of the theory.
Use this
The professor gave an exhaustive explanation of the theory.
混淆了exhausting和exhaustive。exhausting指“令人疲劳的”，exhaustive指“详尽无遗的”。根据语境，此处应表示解释很全面，因此用exhaustive。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
令人疲惫的工作
Working two shifts a day is exhausting work.
每天上两个班是很累人的工作。
疲惫的一天
After the long hike, we had an exhausting day.
长途跋涉后，我们度过了疲惫的一天。
体力上累人的
Carrying bricks all day is physically exhausting.
整天搬砖在体力上很累人。
精神上累人的
Dealing with difficult customers can be mentally exhausting.
应付难缠的顾客可能精神上很累。
令人疲惫的经历
The interview was an exhausting experience.
这次面试是一次令人疲惫的经历。
令人疲惫的时间安排
Doctors often have an exhausting schedule.
医生经常有令人疲惫的时间安排。
生活中最令人疲惫的事就是虚伪。
This famous quote, which describes pretending as exhausting, comes from Anne Morrow Lindbergh's 1955 book 'Gifts from the Sea'.
这句名言将虚伪描述为令人疲惫的事，出自安妮·莫罗·林德伯格1955年的著作《大海的礼物》。
Use exhausting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 exhaust（耗尽）联想成体力被排空，-ing 表示持续感受，于是 exhausting 就是‘令人精疲力竭的’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面表达 “exhausting” 是中性词，口语和书面语中都比较常见，常用来描述工作、旅行、运动等让人非常疲劳的事情。
形容词，表示令人筋疲力尽的，常与系动词或find等连用
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