burn out

英 [bɜːn aʊt]

美 [bɜːrn aʊt]

燃尽; 烧尽; 熄灭

机械

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

• Any electric light bulb will eventually burn out.
  任何电灯泡最后总会烧坏的。
• 'I'll take her out skating where I love, where we shall burn out mouth on hot cocoa and will end with sore feet from skating so many rounds.
  我会带她到我喜欢的地方滑冰，我们会喝热得烫口的可可饮料。我们会滑很多圈，最后脚都酸了。
• Bessemer process: a method for making steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to burn out excess carbon and impurities.
  贝塞麦炼钢法：吹入压缩空气通过熔融的钢铁以燃尽多余的碳和杂质的一种炼钢方法。
• They must burn out at length like used candles;
  他们必须尽可能燃烧自己如用过的蜡烛一般；
• There's no need to burn out at the beginning.
  而且不需要在一开始就燃尽你所有的能量。
• Build some breathing room into your schedule so you don't burn out.
  在安排时间时，要给自己留下调整的余地，这样才不会让你心力交瘁。
• In fact, if you try to do it all at once you will, at best not have time to enjoy it and at worst burn out and damage your health and relationships.
  实际上如果你想要一次做好所有想做的事情，最好的结果是你没享受过程，最坏的结果是你消耗了健康，毁掉了感情。
• That fire is going to burn out.
  那把火总会熄灭的。
• 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。
• It may burn out electrical appliance and cause fire or make people get electric shock.
  它可能烧坏电器，引起火灾，或者使人触电。