(a.) Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.

編輯:諾拉

• But only think what that tiresome Henry has done; really, he exceeds brother-in-law's limits. 伊麗莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
• My dear Mr. Bennet, replied his wife, how can you be so tiresome! 簡·奧斯汀. 傲慢與偏見.
• Because, proceeds my Lady, I have been thinking of the subject, which is tiresome to me. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• You mean well, but are tiresome. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• It isn't so very tiresome after all. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• Oh, this tiresome Fred Lamb! 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• Dear me, how tiresome, said Sophia. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• If he has any decided impression in reference to it, I should say it was that it is a tiresome pursuit. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• No landscape exists that is more tiresome to the eye than that which bounds the approaches to Jerusalem. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• Perhaps you may find me less tiresome. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• It all turned on the tiresome distinction between what a married woman might, and a girl might not, do. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• I had five years of that sort of thing, he went on, after a pause, and it became rather tiresome. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
• Until then, any sort of proposal, or making proposals, is no more than a tiresome game for self-important people. 戴維·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• It was an exhilarating relief from tiresome sight-seeing. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• The mother I could not avoid, as long as my tiresome aunt was dancing about with the housekeeper, but the son I _can_ get away from. 簡·奧斯汀. 曼斯菲爾德莊園.
• Tiresome wretches! 簡·奧斯汀. 愛瑪.
• Isn't it dreadful tiresome? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• Dearest Lily, it ran, if it is not too much of a bore to be down by ten, will you come to my sitting-room to help me with some tiresome things? 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• I think the dancing-school a tiresome affair, and wonder why the girls can't dance by themselves and leave us alone. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• Dear me, how tiresome, observed Fanny, quietly. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• Her aunt is a good creature, but, as a constant companion, must be very tiresome. 簡·奧斯汀. 愛瑪.
• My poor dear sister is a tiresome woman who married a foreigner. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It's too delightful of you to be so nice to him, and put up with all his tiresome stories. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• I know I do--teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home, began Meg, in the complaining tone again. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
• It was very tiresome. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• After these tiresome labors, she must do her lessons, which was a daily trial of every virtue she possessed. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
• I know it was tiresome, and nobody is to suppose for a moment that it was at all wise. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• It was a tiresome ride to us, and perfectly exhausting to the horses. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• She was pretty--but she was tiresome. 戴維·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• As she handed back the reins, she said sympathetically: Did you have such a lot of tiresome things to do? 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.

整理:斯圖