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"exhaustion"의 동의어 (1).
1.
After working seventy hours a week
for six months on a high-stakes project without any breaks,
Sarah finds that she can no longer feel any excitement
for her job,
and her creativity has completely vanished.
Which term best describes
her long-term state of mental and physical depletion?
A) Tiredness
B) Weariness
C) Burnout
D) Fatigue
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Burnout refers to a state of emotional, physical,
and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress.
2.
An elderly patient has spent several weeks
in the hospital battling a severe chronic infection,
leaving his physical body significantly weakened.
He lacks the strength to even sit up in bed
due to this persistent infirmity.
What condition is he experiencing?
A) Debility
B) Stupor
C) Apathy
D) Frazzle
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Debility refers to physical weakness or an enfeebled state,
especially as a result of prolonged illness.
3.
During the final miles of a desert ultramarathon,
a runner's body suddenly gives out
due to extreme heat and dehydration.
He falls to the ground,
his systems completely shutting down from the strain.
This sudden, total failure is called:
A) Lethargy
B) Collapse
C) Listlessness
D) Inanition
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Collapse describes a sudden falling down
or a total failure of physical strength and function
due to extreme exhaustion.
4.
A student sits at his desk on a rainy Sunday afternoon,
feeling a general lack of energy and a heavy sense of sleepiness.
He isn't sick,
but he feels a pervasive sluggishness
that makes him want to do nothing but nap.
Which term fits this state?
A) Exhaustion
B) Prostration
C) Frailty
D) Lethargy
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Lethargy is characterized
by a lack of energy, sluggishness,
and a pervasive sense of sleepiness.
5.
Following a grueling twelve-hour shift
in a chaotic emergency room,
a nurse feels like her nerves are completely "fried."
She is overstimulated and feels a frantic sort of tiredness
where she can barely think straight.
Her state is:
A) Enervation
B) Frazzle
C) Feebleness
D) Sluggishness
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Frazzle refers to a state
of being completely exhausted or worn out,
often with a sense of one's nerves being frayed.
6.
After months of famine in a remote region,
many inhabitants are suffering from extreme weakness
caused by a severe lack of nourishment.
Their bodies are wasting away
because they have had almost no food.
This state is known as:
A) Inanition
B) Overfatigue
C) Apathy
D) Fatigue
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Inanition specifically refers to a state of exhaustion
or lack of energy caused by a lack of nourishment.
7.
It is a humid summer afternoon,
and a man feels a profound sense of "listlessness"
where even the thought of moving feels like a massive effort.
He feels a heavy, weary lack of interest
and a total absence of vitality.
This state is:
A) Exhaustion
B) Debility
C) Lassitude
D) Frazzle
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Lassitude is a state of physical or mental weariness;
a lack of energy or vitality.
8.
A young woman has reached a point
where she simply doesn't care about the outcome
of anything anymore.
She has lost all emotional response
and interest in her surroundings
due to mental fatigue.
This is called:
A) Debilitation
B) Tiredness
C) Apathy
D) Collapse
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Apathy is a state of indifference
or a lack of interest and emotional concern.
9.
After a long day of hiking,
John feels a normal, expected decrease in energy.
He simply needs a good night's sleep to restore his strength
for the next day.
This common, everyday lack of energy is:
A) Prostration
B) Stupor
C) Enervation
D) Tiredness
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Tiredness is the general, common feeling
of needing rest or sleep after activity.
10.
A person is found in a state of near-unconsciousness
after a traumatic shock.
Their mind is clouded, their senses are numbed,
and they are almost completely unresponsive to external stimuli.
This state is called:
A) Sluggishness
B) Stupor
C) Frazzle
D) Listlessness
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Stupor is a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
where the mind is dulled.
11.
After a long week of repetitive, monotonous factory work,
a laborer feels a deep sense of boredom
combined with physical fatigue.
He is simply "tired of" the same routine over and over.
This is best described as:
A) Weariness
B) Frailty
C) Debility
D) Inanition
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Weariness emphasizes a feeling of being tired or impatient
with a particular task or repetitive activity.
12.
An explorer lost in the jungle for three days without sleep
is found lying face down, completely spent
and unable to lift a finger.
He has reached a state of total physical powerlessness.
What is his condition?
A) Tiredness
B) Prostration
C) Lethargy
D) Listlessness
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Prostration is a state of extreme physical weakness
where one is rendered completely powerless and unable to move.
13.
A manager notices
that an employee seems to have no drive
or "spark" to get things done.
The employee isn't sleepy,
but he lacks any spirit or desire for activity,
acting as if he has no goals.
This state is called:
A) Fatigue
B) Burnout
C) Listlessness
D) Collapse
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Listlessness is a state of having no interest or energy
to do anything;
it describes being spiritless.
14.
A professional athlete has been training excessively
without proper recovery periods.
She begins to experience a dangerous level of chronic exhaustion
that leads to a severe decline in her health.
This is known as:
A) Overfatigue
B) Enervation
C) Apathy
D) Feebleness
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Overfatigue refers to a serious and excessive state of exhaustion
caused by overexertion beyond the body’s ability to recover.
15.
A person living through a sweltering, humid summer feels
as though all the "zip" or energy
has been drained out of their body by the heat,
leaving them utterly sapped.
This specific draining of vitality is:
A) Fatigue
B) Lethargy
C) Enervation
D) Frazzle
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Enervation describes
the feeling of being drained of energy or vitality,
often by a climate or influence.
16.
A marathon runner
crosses the finish line and feels a deep, heavy exhaustion
in his muscles and mind
after the intense physical labor of the race.
This professional state of depletion is:
A) Stupor
B) Fatigue
C) Debilitation
D) Feebleness
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Fatigue is weariness or exhaustion
resulting from labor, exertion, or stress.
17.
Because of a genetic condition,
a child lacks the basic physical force required for most tasks.
She is easily overpowered
and lacks any mental or physical strength.
Her natural state of weakness is:
A) Listlessness
B) Sluggishness
C) Feebleness
D) Inanition
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Feebleness is the state
of lacking physical or mental strength or force.
18.
After a long bout with a virus,
a patient finds
that his overall physical constitution
has been significantly lowered and weakened over a long period.
The process of this strength depletion is:
A) Debilitation
B) Prostration
C) Stupor
D) Tiredness
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Debilitation refers to the process or state
of being weakened or having one's strength depleted over time.
19.
On a very hot day,
a worker finds
that his movements have become incredibly slow
and his thinking feels "thick."
His entire system has slowed down to a crawl.
This state of slow movement and thought is:
A) Lethargy
B) Sluggishness
C) Burnout
D) Weariness
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Sluggishness describes a state
of being slow to move, respond, or function.
20.
An elderly woman is described
as having a very delicate constitution.
She is easily exhausted
and her health is so fragile
that even a minor cold could be dangerous.
This inherent delicacy is called:
A) Apathy
B) Enervation
C) Frailty
D) Fatigue
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Frailty is the condition of being weak and delicate,
or being easily tired/broken.
21.
After finishing an intense 24-hour mountain climb,
a hiker feels a total depletion
of every ounce of energy he possessed.
He has absolutely "nothing left in the tank."
What is this state called?
A) Sluggishness
B) Exhaustion
C) Listlessness
D) Stupor
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Exhaustion is the state
of being completely "emptied" of energy or resources
after extreme effort.
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