The Reading Room - What happens when your job is just too boring?

Nov 10, 2025 - What happens when your job is just too boring?

Questions

1. eacd

2. acbaa

3. burnout, rust out, monotonous, watching, self-awareness

Vocabulary

1. burnout - n. 燃烧；（电器设备）故障或过热；（工作压力或过度劳累导致的）倦怠或崩溃；exhaustion caused by stress or over work；蚀刻图案（纺织方法）

2. rust out - 生锈 boredom caused by work that is not challenging enough

3. repetitive - adj. 重复性的 something done again and again that doesn’t change

4. monotonous (注意重音在 n ) - adj. 单调的、无变化的 boring, without variety

5. dread - v. 畏惧 to feel fear or worry about something n. 恐惧；留脏辫( dreadlocks )的人 adj. 可怕的

6. clock-watching - continually checking to see if it is time to stop work yet

7. apathetic - adj. 漠不关心的、麻木的、冷漠的 having no feelings or interest towards something

8. disengaged - having little interest in something that you are doing

9. self-awareness - knowing your own positive and negative qualities

10. suited - having features that make something good for a particular purpose or person