out of boredom用法解析

“out of boredom”是英语中常用的介词短语，核心含义为“出于无聊”，在句中多作状语，用于说明行为发生的原因——即动作并非源于明确目的，而是由无聊感驱动。

例：

I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom.

由于实在闲极无聊，我开始无节制地大吃起来。

He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom

他不再去听那些讲座完全是出于厌倦。

Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and read on and on.

在百无聊赖中，随手抓过一本书来，读下去。

She took up knitting out of boredom while she was recovering.

她康复期间出于无聊开始编织。

People sometimes shop out of boredom, not because they need anything.

人们有时出于无聊购物，并非因为需要什么。

He’d send silly messages out of boredom when he was stuck in traffic.

堵车时，他会出于无聊发些傻消息。

She scrolled through social media for hours mostly out of boredom.

她浏览社交媒体几个小时，主要是出于无聊。

He wrote her a poem out of boredom, but it made her fall for him.

他出于无聊给她写了首诗，可这让她爱上了他。

They started passing notes in class out of boredom, and soon those notes turned into love letters.

他们出于无聊开始在课堂上传纸条，没多久那些纸条就变成了情书。

She doodled his name in her notebook out of boredom during the meeting, not realizing he’d noticed.

开会时她出于无聊在笔记本上画他的名字，没意识到他已经看见了。

He called her out of boredom on a rainy night, and they ended up talking till dawn.

雨夜他出于无聊给她打电话，结果两人聊到了天亮。

They mocked each other’s dating profiles out of boredom, but it slowly turned into flirting.

他们出于无聊嘲笑彼此的约会资料，可这慢慢变成了打情骂俏。

We often cook together out of boredom on weekends, and it brings us closer.

周末我们常出于无聊一起做饭，这让我们更亲密。

She rewatched their first date video out of boredom, and it made her realize how much she still cared.

她出于无聊重看他们第一次约会的视频，这让她意识到自己依然很在乎他。

He practiced saying “I miss you” into his pillow out of boredom, never thinking she’d text him the same thing.

他出于无聊对着枕头练习说“我想你”，从没想过她会发来同样的短信。

My dad taught me to fix bikes out of boredom one winter—now I repair them for the neighborhood.

一个冬天，爸爸出于无聊教我修自行车——现在我为街坊修理自行车。

They started playing video games out of boredom at the café, and now they hang out every week.

他们在咖啡馆出于无聊开始打电子游戏，现在每周都一起玩。

Some analysts argue that certain policies are proposed out of boredom, not practical need.

一些分析人士认为，某些政策的提出是出于无聊，而非实际需求。

The team created a new marketing plan out of boredom during the slow season, and it boosted sales.

淡季时，团队出于无聊制定了新的营销计划，这提升了销量。

Students draw in textbooks out of boredom when lectures are too long.

当讲座太长时，学生们出于无聊在课本上画画。

Diplomats chatted about weather out of boredom before the formal talks began.

正式会谈开始前，外交官们出于无聊聊起了天气。

Soldiers sang old songs out of boredom while they guarded the camp at night.

士兵们夜里守卫营地时，出于无聊唱老歌。

He cracked a joke out of boredom during the deadlock, and it lightened the mood.

僵局时他出于无聊讲了个笑话，这缓和了气氛。

Joey: I ate all the chips out of boredom. Phoebe: That’s why there’s nothing left! 《老友记》（Friends）

乔伊：我出于无聊把薯片全吃了。菲比：难怪一点都没剩！

解析：“ate”用一般过去时，描述过去的动作；“is”用一般现在时，体现现在的结果（薯片没了），时态随时间维度自然转换。

Claire: We rearranged the living room out of boredom. Phil: It looks better, actually. 《摩登家庭》（Modern Family）

克莱尔：我们出于无聊重新布置了客厅。菲尔：其实看起来更好了。