burned-out

柯林斯詞典

burned-out (also burnt-out)

BRIT also burnt-out

• 1. ADJ Burned-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used. 燒燬的

  ...a burned-out car. …一輛燒燬的車(chē)。

• 2. ADJ If someone is burned-out, they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly. 早衰的[非正式]

  Everyone I know who kept it up at that intensity is burned-out. 我所認(rèn)識(shí)的一直保持那樣工作強(qiáng)度的人都早衰了。

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