exhaust是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to make someone extremely tired -- 使筋疲力竭；使疲憊不堪

  • The long journey exhausted the children. 長途旅行後，孩子們疲憊不堪。

  • I've exhausted myself with all that cleaning. 打掃累得我筋疲力盡。

• 1 to use something completely -- 用完；花光；耗盡

  • How long will it be before the world's fuel supplies are exhausted? 再過多長時間地球上的燃料就耗盡了？

  • I'm afraid he's exhausted my patience. 恐怕我對他已經失去耐性了。

  • We seem to have exhausted this topic of conversation (= we have nothing new to say about it). 這個話題我們好像已經沒有甚麼好談的了。

• 2 the waste gas from an engine, especially a car's, or the pipe the gas flows through -- （引擎排出的）廢氣；（尤指汽車的）尾氣；排氣管

  • Car exhaust is the main reason for the city's pollution. 汽車排出的廢氣是造成城市污染的主要原因。