Learn English Vocabulary Daily #17.5 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native
本集介绍5个英语词汇，涵盖习语、形容词和动词短语，适合练习日常表达和词汇积累。适合英语学习者提升词汇量和语言运用能力。
Hello, and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast.
你好，欢迎收听《像母语一样说英语》（The English Like a Native Podcast）这个播客节目。
My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 17, Day 5 of Your English Five a Day,
我的名字是安娜，你现在正在收听《Your English Five a Day》节目的第17周第5天的内容。
a series that aims to increase your active vocabulary by five pieces every day of the week from Monday to Friday.
这是一个旨在帮助你扩大词汇量的学习计划：从周一到周五，每天都能让你的主动词汇量增加五个新词。
We start today's list with an idiom and it is stuck in a rut, stuck in a rut.
我们今天的列表从一句习语开始：“It’s stuck in a rut.”（它陷入了僵局/常规模式中，无法摆脱现状。）
Let me spell that for you.
让我把那个单词拼写给你听吧。
Stuck, S T U C K.
卡住了……真的卡住了。
In, I N.
在……里。
A.
A.
Rut, R U T.
Rut, R U T.
Stuck in a rut.
陷入了僵局（或某种重复、无意义的模式中）。
If you're stuck in a rut, then you're fixed in a particular job or activity,
如果你陷入了某种固定的模式（即无法摆脱重复、单调的工作或活动），那么你就只能继续从事那份工作或参与那些活动了。
and you really need to change it.
你真的需要改变它。
Imagine a rut being essentially a hole, and you can't get out of that hole.
想象一下：这个“陷阱”本质上就是一个洞，而你根本无法从这个洞里逃出去。
You feel fed up, probably, if you're stuck in a rut.
如果你一直陷入某种固定的模式或生活中，很可能会感到厌倦和沮丧。
We often use this to describe a certain time in our life when we just want
我们经常用这个词来描述生命中的某个特定阶段，在那个阶段里，我们只是单纯地想要……
change, and we don't know how to get out of the situation that we're in.
我们不知道该如何改变现状，也不知道该如何摆脱目前的困境。
Here's an example sentence, I've been neglecting myself recently and feel stuck in a rut, do you think we could go out this weekend?
这是一个例句：最近我一直在忽视自己的需求，感觉生活陷入了停滞不前的状态。你觉得我们这个周末能一起出去玩吗？
I think I need it."
我想我需要它。
Have you ever felt stuck in a rut?
你是否曾经感到自己陷入了某种固定的模式（或者说，生活陷入了某种刻板、重复的轨道）中，无法摆脱？
If you did, then what did you do to get out of that situation?
如果你真的遇到了那样的情况，那么你是采取了什么措施来摆脱它呢？
I've certainly felt stuck in a rut at multiple points in my life.
在我的人生中，确实有好几段时间让我感到自己陷入了困境（或者说陷入了某种固定的、重复的模式）。
Let's move on to another word.
让我们继续学习另一个单词吧。
This is an adjective and it is listless, listless.
这是一个形容词，它的意思是“无精打采的”。
Listless is spelt L I S T L E S S.
Listless”这个词的正确拼写是“LISTLLESS”。
Listless.
无精打采的。
Listless.
无精打采的。
If you describe yourself as listless then you have little enthusiasm and not much energy or you are unwilling to do something.
如果你形容自己“无精打采”，那么很可能说明你缺乏热情、精力不足，或者不愿意去做某件事。
Especially if it's something that needs effort.
尤其是当这件事需要付出努力时。
So, sometimes you just wake up and you feel a bit listless, a bit fed up.
有时候，你一醒来就会感到无精打采、烦躁不安。
You're stuck in a rut and you just don't have the energy to do the things you want to do,
你陷入了某种固有的生活模式中，根本没有精力去去做那些你想做的事情。
or you don't feel enthusiastic about the thing that you need to do.
或者，你对需要做的事情并没有感到热情（或者说缺乏积极性）。
Here's an example sentence, "He has seemed listless and a little depressed ever since he got his exam results."
这是一个例句：“自从收到考试成绩后，他似乎一直无精打采，还有点沮丧。
Next on the list is a phrasal verb and it is run down.
列表中的下一个项目是一个短语动词，它的用法如下所示（“run down”表示详细说明或列举用法）。
We spell this run, R U N.
我们把这个单词拼写为 “R U N”。
Down, D O W N, run down.
向下，继续向下，一直跑下去。
You can run yourself down or someone might be run down and it means to be tired and poorly or to make yourself tired and ill.
你可以把自己累垮，或者让别人累垮；这里的“累垮”指的是身体变得疲惫不堪、健康状况恶化。
I often personally run myself down.
我经常自己把自己搞得情绪低落、士气低落。
I work too hard.
我工作得太辛苦了。
I work unsociable hours.
我的工作时间很不方便与人交往（即工作时间不在正常的工作日或社交时间范围内）。
I have two young children.
我有两个年幼的孩子。