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• a weight off (one's) shoulders
• anticipation
• appealing
• due process
• envious
• fracas
• Indian giver
• last straw
• murky
• on one's merits
• polyamory
• prolate
• run out of steam
• slo-mo
• unmoor
• wackadooale
• wharf

run out of steam

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释义
泄气, 失去势头
to lose one's energy, motivation, or enthusiasm to continue doing something

例句
Amy: Well, it's an emotionally complex issue. I don't have time to explain it right now.
Sheldon: Okay, but that excuse is running out of steam. (The Big Bang Theory)
艾米：这是个复杂的情感问题，我现在没时间跟你解释。
谢尔顿：好吧，但这个理由在慢慢失效。（生活大爆炸）