burn out

英 [bɜːn aʊt]

美 [bɜːrn aʊt]

燃尽; 烧尽; 熄灭

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 燃尽；烧尽；熄灭
  If a fireburns itself out, it stops burning because there is nothing left to burn.
  1. Fire officials let the fire burn itself out.
     消防官员让火自行熄灭。
• PHRASAL VERB 耗尽体力；筋疲力尽
  If youburn yourself out, you make yourself exhausted or ill by working too hard.
  1. He might burn himself out and go to an early grave.
     他可能会因为劳累过度而英年早逝。
• See also:burnoutburnt-out

英英释义

verb

• melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
  1. The lightbulbs blew out
  2. The fuse blew
  Synonym:blow outblow

双语例句

• The candles on the burner table did not burn out after a whole night.
  整整一夜，香案上的香烛都没有烧完。
• I'd rather burn out than rust out. I'd rather be used up than die not having done whatever I could* wherever I would.
  我宁可燃烧而不愿锈蚀，我宁可筋疲力尽而不愿一事无成地死去，没有完成自己能做的，没有去过我想去的地方。
• At last, the article has proposed some constructive suggestions to burn out intervention.
  最后，文章还对如何解决警察的工作倦怠问题提出了一些建设性的建议。
• He might burn himself out and go to an early grave.
  他可能会因为劳累过度而英年早逝。
• Any electric light bulb will eventually burn out.
  任何电灯泡最后总会烧坏的。
• I didn't want us to burn out.
  我不想我们就这样燃尽。
• Fire officials let the fire burn itself out.
  消防官员让火自行熄灭。
• I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
  我宁愿生命的火花在壮丽的火焰中燃烧殆尽，也不愿在腐朽之物中窒息而死。
• If you do not slow down and take a break, you will burn out very quickly.
  如果你不放慢速度歇一会儿，很快就会没劲的。
• If you are constantly overwhelmed, you will burn out.
  如果你不断受到打击，你将会心力交瘁。