exhaustion

noun

/ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/

[uncountable]

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the state of being very tired
- suffering from physical/mental/nervous exhaustion
- Her face was grey with exhaustion.
see also heat exhaustion
Extra Examples
- He fell silent, with his head bowed in exhaustion.
- He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion.
- Never had she felt such utter exhaustion.
- She was taken to hospital suffering from exhaustion.
- Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit him.
- The rowers were nearing exhaustion.
- They have been pushed to the brink of exhaustion.
- Two of the horses collapsed with exhaustion.
Topics Feelingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complete
- pure
- sheer
- …
verb + exhaustion
- suffer from
- feel
- be close to
- …
preposition
- in exhaustion
- with exhaustion
phrases
- at the point of exhaustion
- to the point of exhaustion
- a state of exhaustion
- …
See full entry
(formal) the act of using something until it is completely finished
- the exhaustion of natural resources

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin exhaustio(n-), from Latin exhaurire ‘drain out’, from ex- ‘out’ + haurire ‘draw (water), drain’.

单词	exhaustion
释义	exhaustion noun /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/ /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/ [uncountable] jump to other results the state of being very tired suffering from physical/mental/nervous exhaustion Her face was grey with exhaustion. see also heat exhaustion Extra Examples He fell silent, with his head bowed in exhaustion. He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion. Never had she felt such utter exhaustion. She was taken to hospital suffering from exhaustion. Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit him. The rowers were nearing exhaustion. They have been pushed to the brink of exhaustion. Two of the horses collapsed with exhaustion. Topics Feelingsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective complete pure sheer … verb + exhaustion suffer from feel be close to … preposition in exhaustion with exhaustion phrases at the point of exhaustion to the point of exhaustion a state of exhaustion … See full entry (formal) the act of using something until it is completely finished the exhaustion of natural resources Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin exhaustio(n-), from Latin exhaurire ‘drain out’, from ex- ‘out’ + haurire ‘draw (water), drain’.
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