burnout

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career. countable,uncountable
    — High on the list of proposals educators said they support to combat burnout – after raising salaries and hiring more teachers — was providing additional mental health and behavioral support for students, according to the 2022 NEA survey.
  2. A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest. countable,uncountable
    — Ten years of this soul-sucking job would turn any ambitious young person into a burnout.
  3. A feeling of being overwhelmed and exhausted from stress and overwork, rendering one cynical, uncaring or depression. countable,uncountable
  4. Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs. US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — There’s no way we can hire that guy. He’s a total burnout—he can't do the work.
  5. The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v. countable,uncountable
  6. The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power. countable,uncountable
  7. Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber. countable,uncountable

词形变化

burnouts plural burn-out alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
boreout burnoutness

词源

Etymology tree
English burn outdeverb.
English burnout
Deverbal from burn out.
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