boredom

boredom — noun

1. the feeling you get when nothing seems interesting or worth doing, and time star

1.名詞B1
釋義

the feeling you get when nothing seems interesting or worth doing, and time starts to pass very slowly.

例句

During the power cut, boredom spread through the apartment by nine o'clock.

boredom spread through + place/group

Mina fought her boredom by drawing cats on the paper table mat.

fight boredom by + -ing

同義詞
  • tedium

    more formal; stresses tiring dullness over time

  • monotony

    focuses on sameness and repeated routine

  • restlessness

    focuses on not being able to stay still, not just lack of interest

  • ennui

    literary and more sophisticated; often suggests dissatisfaction as well as boredom

反義詞
  • interest

    attention and curiosity about something

  • excitement

    a lively, eager feeling rather than dullness

  • enjoyment

    pleasure taken in an activity or experience

文法句型

feel boredom

boredom with + noun

escape boredom

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. Common verbs with it are feel, fight, ease, and escape, and it often appears when you describe a dull period rather than a single short reaction.

常見錯誤

❌I am boredom at home.
✅I am bored at home.
💡boredom is a noun; after 'be', use the adjective 'bored'.
❌The children had many boredoms on the trip.
✅The children felt a lot of boredom on the trip.
💡boredom is usually uncountable, so it is not normally used in the plural.