exhaust
exhaust — 名詞
1. the waste gas produced by an engine in a car, truck, or other vehicle, or the pi
廢氣；排氣管
引擎產生的廢氣或排放管道
the waste gas produced by an engine in a car, truck, or other vehicle, or the pipe or system through which this gas flows out of the vehicle.
The mechanic said the exhaust was rusted and needed a new pipe.
技師說排氣管已經生鏽，需要更換新的管子。
countable: refers to the pipe/system
Diesel exhaust contains tiny particles that can damage people's lungs over time.
柴油廢氣含有微小顆粒，長期下來會損害人的肺部。
uncountable: refers to the gas
Rachid attached a new exhaust to his motorcycle on Saturday morning.
Rachid 星期六早上為他的摩托車裝了新的排氣管。
The garage warned that the exhaust was leaking carbon monoxide into the cabin.
修車廠警告說排氣管正在將一氧化碳洩漏進車廂內。
文法句型
the exhaust
exhaust + noun
用法筆記
As an uncountable noun, exhaust means the gas itself ('exhaust fumes'). As a countable noun, it usually refers to the pipe or system ('a new exhaust'). The plural form 'exhausts' is rare in everyday English.
常見錯誤
exhaust — 動詞
- exhaustpresent simple I / you / we / they
- exhausts3rd person singular
- exhausting-ing form
- exhaustedpast simple
1. to make a person or animal feel extremely tired, to the point where they have al
使筋疲力竭
讓人感到極度疲勞
to make a person or animal feel extremely tired, to the point where they have almost no energy left for anything else.
The ten-hour flight completely exhausted the Watanabe family before their trip even began.
十小時的航班讓渡邊一家人在旅程還沒開始前就已筋疲力竭。
exhaust + person (active voice)
Élise was exhausted after running her first half-marathon in under two hours.
Élise 在兩小時內跑完她的第一次半程馬拉松後，感到筋疲力竭。
passive: be exhausted after [activity]
Caring for three young children exhausts Anong by the middle of every afternoon.
照顧三個年幼的孩子讓 Anong 每天下午過半就累得精疲力盡。
The rescue team was physically exhausted from searching through the rubble all night.
搜救隊在瓦礫堆中搜尋了一整夜，體力已完全耗盡。
文法句型
exhaust + person
be exhausted by + noun phrase
be exhausted from + noun phrase
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice ('I was exhausted'). The adjective exhausted is extremely common and describes the resulting state. The -ing form exhausting describes the cause: 'an exhausting journey'.
常見錯誤
2. to use all of something such as a supply, resource, or amount, so that nothing i
耗盡；用完
完全用光某物，不留任何剩餘
to use all of something such as a supply, resource, or amount, so that nothing is left — for example, using up a team's food supplies on a long trip, or a person using up every possible solution to a problem.
The expedition exhausted their food supplies two days before reaching the mountain camp.
探險隊在抵達山間營地的前兩天就耗盡了糧食補給。
exhaust + concrete resource (food supplies)
Bilal's patience was finally exhausted by the airline's third flight cancellation.
Bilal 的耐心終於被航空公司第三次取消航班給徹底耗盡了。
passive: abstract resource (patience)
The doctors exhausted every possible treatment before giving the family the news.
醫生用盡了所有可能的治療方法後，才將消息告訴家屬。
We have exhausted all the arguments on both sides and still cannot agree.
我們已經窮盡了雙方的所有論點，仍然無法達成共識。
文法句型
exhaust + resource/supply
be exhausted (passive: nothing left)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, group, or process that consumes resources. The object is typically a limited resource: supplies, options, patience, energy, possibilities. When used in the passive ('the funds were exhausted'), the focus is on the state of being empty rather than who did the using.