Boredom: the desire for desiresLeo TolstoyAnna Karenina
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention and irreclaimable weakness of characterJames BridieMr. Bolfry
One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotionsLogan Pearsall SmithAfterthoughts
Boredom is...a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of itBertrand RussellThe Conquest of Happiness
ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOREDOM | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤pure, sheer, utter完全厭倦▸➤terminal極度無聊VERB + BOREDOM➤prevent避免產生厭倦感▸➤alleviate, avoid, combat, relieve減輕/避免/克服/消除無聊感◇An MP3 player can relieve the boredom of running.跑步時帶着 MP3 播放器就不會那麼乏味了。➤die from, die of, go mad with (BrE) 無聊死了;無聊得發瘋◇I'd die of boredom if I lived in the country.如果住在農村,我會無聊死的。➤drive sb mad with (BrE) 使某人無聊得發瘋◇Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失業會讓你無聊得發瘋。PHRASES➤a low boredom threshold (especially BrE) 對單調乏味的忍耐度低◇Sorting mail is not a job for people with a low boredom threshold.分揀郵件不適合那些不太能忍受乏味工作的人。