動詞bore有兩種形式的形容詞，即bored和boring。

bored和boring的區(qū)別是：bored 修飾的主語是人，boring修飾的主語是物。

1. bored adj. 無聊的；無趣的；煩人的

People naturally do not like being bored. 人類本能地不喜歡無聊的感覺。

I cant lose it in this office， and certainly not in front of the bored man. 我不能在這間辦公室失去控制，當然更不能在那位無聊的男人面前失去控制。

They looked bored and yawned at the speeches. 他們看起來已經(jīng)厭倦了這些演講，直打哈欠。

One afternoon， I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes. 一天下午，我覺得有些無聊，還真地睡著了一小會兒。

2. boring adj. 無聊的；令人厭煩的

This party is boring. Lets bail it！這種宴會很無聊，我可要溜了！

I dont want to be tied to this boring job. 我不愿意死守這份讓人厭煩的工作。

All of which my granddaughter finds boring， and she asks me to change the channel. 所有這些都使我的小孫女感到無聊，她總是請求我換一個頻道。

However， this would be a pretty boring post if the story ended there. 然而，如果故事就此結(jié)束，那么這將是一篇很無聊的文章。

【拓展】

1. interested interesting

I thought she might be interested in Paulas proposal. 我覺得她對葆拉的提議可能會感興趣。

This new book is very interesting. 這本新書很有趣。

2. surprised surprising

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

It is not surprising that children learn to read at different rates. 小孩子識字的速度不同，這不足為奇。

3. excited exciting

Im very excited about the possibility of playing for Englands first team. 想到可能為英格蘭首屈一指的球隊效力，我非常興奮。

The race itself is very exciting. 比賽本身非常刺激。

【典型例題】

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：許多人對會議厭煩，因為會議通常很沒趣。boring修飾物；bored修飾人。前句指人感到厭煩，用bored；后句指會議令人生厭，用boring。故選C。

【考點】 考查形容詞用法辨析。