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🙍　無聊

bore

bore （v）　使厭煩 　If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting
Life in the country bores me

bore （n）　無趣的人、事、物　You describe someone as a bore when you think that they talk in a very uninteresting way
There is every reason why I shouldn't enjoy his company，he's a bore and a fool
What a bore

✔　 company 　陪伴 

crashing bore （n）  　someone or something that is extremely boring
I love his books，but in person he's a crashing bore

boring （adj）　無聊的
He is a boring person
How boring ！　　多無聊阿！

bored （adj）　感到無聊的
I am getting very bored with this entire business

bored to death 
The speeches went on for two hours I was bored to death

✔　go on for＋時間　持續多久的時間...

其它說法

fossil （n）  　老頑固 　 an old person, especially one who will not accept new ideas
He says the school's directors are a bunch of old fossils

yawn（n）［jɔn］ 　　If you describe something such as a book or a film as a yawn, you think it is very boring
The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish

tedious（adj）  　單調乏味的   If you describe something such as a job , task , or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating

dull （adj）  　枯燥乏味的 　  If you describe someone or something as dull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting
They are both nice people but can be rather dull

leave someone cold  　 無法打動…     to leave someone unaffected or bored
Most of the programs on TV leave me cold

monotonous ［məˈnɑtənəs］    單調乏味的　  Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular, repeated pattern which never changes
It's a monotonous work，like most factory jobs

⊙　I am afraid I don’t share your enthusiasm 　　無法理解你在興奮什麼，覺得很無聊

⊙　It is as interesting as watching paint dry  　　反諷「無聊」的意思

🙍　掃興

killjoy = party pooper （n）　　掃興的人　　If you call someone a killjoy, you are critical of them because they stop other people from enjoying themselves, often by reminding them of something unpleasant
Don't invite her。She's such a killjoy
I hate to be a party pooper，but I am really tired

wet blanket （n）　 If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves
I don't mean to be the wet blanket，but I really think your plan isn't going to work
The weatherman threw a wet blanket on our picnic plan when he forecast rain

✔　forecast　預報

➢　throw a wet blanket on sth.

rain on parade  
What？ Are you trying to rain on my parade？

✔　parade　遊行

put a damper on something　　 to make something less enjoyable
The cold weather put a damper on our plans

✔　damper　阻尼器、擋震板