bored & boring一点通

动词bore有两种形式的形容词，即bored和boring。

bored和boring的区别是：bored 修饰的主语是人，boring修饰的主语是物。

1. bored adj. 无聊的；无趣的；烦人的

People naturally do not like being bored. 人类本能地不喜欢无聊的感觉。

I cant lose it in this office， and certainly not in front of the bored man. 我不能在这间办公室失去控制，当然更不能在那位无聊的男人面前失去控制。

They looked bored and yawned at the speeches. 他们看起来已经厌倦了这些演讲，直打哈欠。

One afternoon， I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes. 一天下午，我觉得有些无聊，还真地睡着了一小会儿。

2. boring adj. 无聊的；令人厌烦的

This party is boring. Lets bail it！这种宴会很无聊，我可要溜了！

I dont want to be tied to this boring job. 我不愿意死守这份让人厌烦的工作。

All of which my granddaughter finds boring， and she asks me to change the channel. 所有这些都使我的小孙女感到无聊，她总是请求我换一个频道。

However， this would be a pretty boring post if the story ended there. 然而，如果故事就此结束，那么这将是一篇很无聊的文章。

【拓展】

1. interested interesting

I thought she might be interested in Paulas proposal. 我觉得她对葆拉的提议可能会感兴趣。

This new book is very interesting. 这本新书很有趣。

2. surprised surprising

You can imagine how surprised I was. 你可以想象我是多么惊讶。

It is not surprising that children learn to read at different rates. 小孩子识字的速度不同，这不足为奇。

3. excited exciting

Im very excited about the possibility of playing for Englands first team. 想到可能为英格兰首屈一指的球队效力，我非常兴奋。

The race itself is very exciting. 比赛本身非常刺激。

【典型例题】

Many people are ____ with meetings because they are usually very ____.

A. boring； boring B. boring； bored C. bored； boring D. bored； bored

【答案】 C

【解析】 句意：许多人对会议厌烦，因为会议通常很没趣。boring修饰物；bored修饰人。前句指人感到厌烦，用bored；后句指会议令人生厌，用boring。故选C。

【考点】 考查形容词用法辨析。