burned out

第 2 集：Burned out 怎麼念

/bɝnd aʊt/ · adjective

累壞了；被工作或壓力榨乾

今天要講的是一個叫做 Burned out, Burned out.

今天要講的字是 burned out：累壞了、被榨乾。

• After three years without a real break, I was completely burned out.

  三年沒有好好休息，我整個人被榨乾了。

• She felt burned out and took a month off.

  她覺得累壞了，請了一個月的假。

• If you never rest, you'll burn out.

  一直不休息，遲早會撐不住。

名詞寫成一個字 burnout：suffer from burnout。

/ˈbɝn daʊt/ · 連音

前一個字的尾音接到後一個字的母音，聽起來像 burn-dout

Burned out, Burned out, Burned out, Burned out, Burned out, 就是會把它連在一起。

• Turn it off. → tur-ni-toff

  把它關掉。

• Pick it up. → pi-ki-tup

  把它撿起來。

• Not at all. → no-ta-tall

  一點也不。

out 念輕一點、嘴巴不用張太大，/d/ 才接得過去。