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ennui

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·nui /ɒnˈwiː $ ɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]  formalBORING a feeling of being tired, bored, and unsatisfied with your life 〔对生活的〕倦怠,厌倦
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ennuiApparently, sophistication and ennui can be easily applied with a brush.She swam slowly out into the sea, waiting for the ghastly ennui to pass.She asks what she can do to dispel her ennui, and he advises that she concern herself with matters outside herself.When they fail to do this, ennui is not far behind.Were it not fur her, I dare say Edward Plantagenet would long since have succumbed to ennui and despair.The Dream Teamers, as individuals, are not bogged down with ennui.Joseph is a disgruntled Brooklyn teenager who, when he doesn't get into Columbia, fills up with ennui.
Origin ennui (1700-1800) French Old French enuier; → ANNOY
en·nui nounChineseSyllable
being Corpus of a bored, tired, feeling


ennui
ennui /ɒnˈwiː $ ɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: French
 Origin: Old French enuier; annoy
formal a feeling of being tired, bored, and unsatisfied with your life


ennuiBrE /ɒnˈwiː/ 🔊NAmE /ɑːnˈwiː/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (from French, literary) feelings of being bored and not satisfied because nothing interesting is happening 无聊;厌倦;倦怠