Word · Frequency #13720
exhausting
使人精疲力竭的；令人疲惫的
Very tiring.
- 1.
Very tiring.
非常累人
非常累人；使耗尽的；使人筋疲力尽的；[计] 经验；技巧；穷举
In use
The ten-hour hike through the jungle was exhausting.
Preparing for the certification exam is mentally exhausting.
Caring for a sick relative every day can be emotionally exhausting.
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。
find someone/something exhausting
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。
an exhausting [noun]
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。
Common mistakes
After the marathon, I was exhausting.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。
The professor gave an exhausting explanation of the theory.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。
Connections
Collocations
- exhausting work
- 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。
- exhausting day
- 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。
- physically exhausting
- 体力上累人的
- Carrying bricks all day is physically exhausting.整天搬砖在体力上很累人。
- mentally exhausting
- 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。
- exhausting experience
- 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。
- exhausting schedule
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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’。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
形容词，表示令人筋疲力尽的，常与系动词或find等连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
在这些拼作 -sting 的单词中，costing（/ˈkɔːstɪŋ/）在区分 /ɔː/ 和 /ɑː/ 的美式口音中与 exhausting（/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪŋ/）押韵（同含 /ɔːstɪŋ/）；若 costing 读成 /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/（cot-caught 合并），则不再押韵。其他单词虽也以 -sting 结尾，但元音不同：testing /ɛ/，trusting /ʌ/，boasting /oʊ/，bursting /ɝː/，fasting /æ/。
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