记住："我累了"不是''I'm tired''

“累了”除了用“tired”, 还有许多丰富的表达。今天和大家一起来学一学！

jaded/weary

因不断重复某项运动而造成劳累，导致厌烦。

The music will replenish my weary soul.

音乐使我疲惫的精神充满活力。

exhausted/drained/ dead beat/whacked

前两者有“抽空、耗尽”的意思；后者基本意思为“猛击、重击”。脑洞一下就是仿佛身体被掏空和猛击后而劳累的虚脱感。

Exhuasted, he flopped into the sofa.

他累得一下子瘫倒在沙发上。

I'm dead beat today.

我今天累得够呛。

tired out/worn out/fagged out/played out/maxed out

"out"本身有“完全、彻底”的意思。在此形容累到极致。

I'm fagged out ,let me rest a minute.

我快累死了，让我歇会。

She's maxed out by staying up late to watch TV.

她因熬夜看剧而累到虚脱。

fagged/dog tired /overtired

"fag"基本意思是“苦工”，衍伸为体力劳作而劳累。"over"有“过度”的意思。

Doesn't this sort of work make you fagged?

这种工作使你累坏了吧？

shattered

愿意是“粉碎”，“破损”；形容人快要“散架”的状态，衍伸为人筋疲力尽。

We were totally shattered after the long journey.

一段长途旅行之后我们可累惨了。

bushed

"bush"愿意是“灌木丛”形容词衍伸为疲惫不堪，来源于早期意思：“在灌木丛迷路而劳累”。

God, I gotta tell you ,I'm good and bushed.

天！ 我不得不告诉你，我感觉又累又爽。

lethargic/sleepy/listless

昏昏欲睡、缺乏兴致。"list"在古英语中有高兴的意思。“less”表“没有；无”。

People are always listless on summer afternoons.

夏日的午后，人们总是昏昏欲睡。

其他相关词组:done up/all in/done in/run down/run out of steam/dead on one's feet/ready to drop

I was all in when I got home after the new year party.

我从新年晚会上回来，累极了。

He's been talking all day and appears to have run out of steam.

他说了一天了，看起来筋疲力尽。

We were ready to drop with fatigue.

我们疲乏得随时要倒下。