“倦怠”常见的英文表达有 fatigue、burnout 和 lassitude,具体使用哪个词取决于语境和想要表达的程度:
Fatigue:指因过度劳累、缺乏休息而产生的身体或精神上的极度疲倦,可作名词或动词。例如:
After a long day at work, she felt complete fatigue.(工作了一整天后,她感到极度疲倦。)
Continuous overtime work led to his physical and mental fatigue.(持续的加班工作导致了他的身心疲惫。)
Burnout:通常指因长期压力或过度工作导致的情感、精神和身体的耗竭状态,常与工作或职业相关,强调一种较为严重的身心疲惫状态。例如:
Many teachers are suffering from job burnout due to heavy workloads.(许多教师由于工作负担过重而出现了职业倦怠。)
She decided to take a long vacation to recover from burnout.(她决定休一个长假,从职业倦怠中恢复过来。)
Lassitude:是一个较为正式的词汇,指因疾病、疲劳或无聊等原因而产生的身体或精神上的虚弱、无精打采的状态,侧重于描述一种缺乏活力、慵懒的感觉。例如:
The hot weather made him feel a sense of lassitude.(炎热的天气让他感到一种慵懒。)
After the illness, he was left with a feeling of lassitude that lasted for weeks.(病愈后,他连续几周都感到虚弱无力。)