be bored witless (口语，形容词直接补全状态，形成“形容词作补语”)
be bored to witlessness(比较标准和正式)
乏味得要命
注意：强调因极度无聊导致的"认知麻木状态"，常见于英语母语者的情绪夸张表达中。
例：
After two hours of waiting, she was bored witless and started scrolling through her phone.
等待两小时后，她无聊得发懵，开始刷手机。
- 解析：OED注明该用法为“informal”，强调在等待等静态场景中，无聊感累积至“思维停滞”的状态。
She sat in the waiting room for three hours, gradually growing bored witless as the clock ticked.
她在等候室坐了三小时，随着时钟滴答声渐渐变得无聊到失智。
- 解析：OED特别注明该用法常与"持续性场景（如waiting, commuting）"搭配，通过"gradually"体现无聊感的累积过程，适用于描述时间维度上的情绪演变。
The kids were bored witless by the long car journey.
孩子们被漫长的车程无聊到麻木。
- 解析：用“kids”凸显该表达在描述年轻人情绪时的高频性，搭配“long journey”体现“持续性无聊”的语境。
On their third date, she realized he talked only about himself—and she was bored witless.
第三次约会时，她发现他只聊自己，顿时无聊到生厌。
- 场景解析：用于恋爱初期筛选对象时，描述因对方缺乏共情力导致的“兴趣崩塌”。
He spent the entire dinner bragging about his car, and she was bored witless by the third sentence.
他整个晚餐都在吹嘘自己的车，她听了三句就无聊到生厌。
解析：用于描述亲密关系初期的"话题失衡"，通过"bored witless"暗示关系潜在危机。
At family reunions, I’m always bored witless by questions about my job and love life.
家族聚会上，被问工作和感情状况的问题无聊到抓狂。
解析：适用于描述年轻人对"亲戚社交套路"的集体吐槽，具文化共鸣性。
I’ve watched my roommate play that video game so many times I’m bored witless just thinking about it.
我看室友玩那款电子游戏太多次，光是想到就无聊到发懵。
- 解析：柯林斯特别指出该用法可用于"心理预演场景"（如thinking about），突破"即时性无聊"的限制，展现语言表达的延展性。
Business travelers often joke about being bored witless by airport layovers.
商务旅客常调侃被机场中转时间无聊到麻木。
- 解析：词典将其归类为"professional small talk idiom"，说明该表达在职场社交中作为"共鸣式抱怨"的功能，常用于拉近距离。
The CEO’s PowerPoint had 50 slides, and the team was bored witless by slide 10.
CEO的PPT有50页，团队看到第10页就无聊到灵魂出走。
解析：量化表达强化无聊感，常用于职场幽默中吐槽"低效会议文化"。
We had to pretend interest in their trivial demands, though we were bored witless inside.
我们不得不假装对他们的琐碎要求感兴趣，尽管内心已无聊到麻木。
解析：体现服务业"职业微笑"背后的情绪劳动，适用于商务英语中的情景还原。
Every Sunday, he sits in front of the TV, bored witless by endless sports replays.
每个周日，他都坐在电视前，被无休止的体育重播无聊到灵魂出窍。
- 场景解析：刻画婚姻生活中“重复性日常”带来的倦怠感，常与“老夫老妻”的默契吐槽搭配。
At the party, she stood in the corner, bored witless by small talk about the weather.
派对上，她站在角落，被聊天气的客套话无聊到只想离场。
- 场景解析：适用于描述社交场合中“无效交流”引发的尴尬无聊，暗含对浅层社交的吐槽。
Executives sat through the tedious report, trying not to look bored witless.
高管们耐着性子听完冗长的报告，努力不露出 bored witless 的表情。
- 场景解析：商务会议中“形式大于内容”的场景，体现职场礼仪与真实情绪的冲突。
Political debates often leave voters bored witless with empty slogans.
政治辩论常因空洞口号让选民无聊到失去耐心。
- 场景解析：政经领域中对“话术套路化”的批判，暗指内容缺乏实质信息。
Ambassadors exchanged polite nods, though everyone was bored witless by the protocol speeches.
大使们礼貌点头，尽管所有人都被礼节性演讲无聊到麻木。
解析：刻画外交场合"形式高于内容"的文化特征，"bored witless"暗含对官僚主义的隐性批评。
Diplomats feigned interest, though they were bored witless by the ceremonial speeches.
外交官们假装感兴趣，尽管被礼节性演讲无聊到麻木。
- 场景解析：外交场合中“程序大于实质”的文化特征，体现职业素养与真实感受的反差。
New recruits complained of being bored witless during basic training drills.
新兵抱怨基础训练中的重复操练让他们无聊到发疯。
- 场景解析：军事训练中“纪律性重复”带来的心理挑战，常用以强调从“无聊”到“适应”的成长弧光。
