exhaust
verb
noun
ɪɡˈzɔːst
verb
1
to
make
someone
feel
extremely
tired
使精疲力竭
A
full
day’s
teaching
exhausts
me.
讲一整天课令我精疲力竭。
exhaust
yourself
He’d
exhausted
himself
carrying
all
the
boxes
upstairs.
他把所有的箱子都搬到了楼上，把自己搞得精疲力竭。
2
to
use
all
of
something
用完，耗尽;
We
are
in
danger
of
exhausting
the
world’s
oil
supply
.
我们面临耗尽世界石油储备的危险。
Having
exhausted
all
other
possibilities
,
I
asked
Jan
to
look
after
the
baby.
想尽了其他各种可能的办法后，我请求简来照料宝宝。
3
exhaust a subject/topic etc
to
talk
about
something
so
much
that
you
have
nothing
more
to
say
about
it
详尽无遗地论述某主题/话题等
Once
we’d
exhausted
the
subject
of
Jill’s
wedding,
I
didn’t
know
what
to
say.
我们谈完吉尔的婚礼这个话题后，我就不知道该说些什么了。
noun
4
exhaust pipe
also
又作
a
pipe
on
a
car
or
machine
that
waste
gases
pass
through
〔汽车或机器的〕排气管
C
5
the
gas
produced
when
an
engine
is
working
〔引擎排出的〕废气
U
exhaust
fumes
排出的废气