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討厭;厭惡

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Irksome \Irk"some\, a.
   1. Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason
      of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours;
      irksome tasks.

            For not to irksome toil, but to delight, He made us.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Weary; vexed; uneasy. [Obs.]

            Let us therefore learn not to be irksome when God
            layeth his cross upon us.             --Latimer.

   Syn: Wearisome; tedious; tiresome; vexatious; burdensome.

   Usage: {Irksome}, {Wearisome}, {Tedious}. These epithets
          describe things which give pain or disgust. Irksome is
          applied to something which disgusts by its nature or
          quality; as, an irksome task. Wearisome denotes that
          which wearies or wears us out by severe labor; as,
          wearisome employment. Tedious is applied to something
          which tires us out by the length of time occupied in
          its performance; as, a tedious speech.

                Wearisome nights are appointed to me. --Job vii.
                                                  3.

                Pity only on fresh objects stays, But with the
                tedious sight of woes decays.     --Dryden.
          -- {Irk"some*ly}, adv. -- {Irk"some*ness}, n.