burn out

s’épuiser

Être trop fatigué mentalement ou physiquement pour continuer, à cause d'un excès de travail ou de stress.

En anglais simple : To become too mentally or physically tired to continue because of too much work or stress.

• You will burn out without rest.
• Years of constant pressure burned her out.
• Many nurses burned out during the crisis.

Comment l'utiliser : burn yourself out (Do not burn yourself out working every weekend.); burn someone out (The constant overtime burned him out.)

Synonymes : exhaust oneself, wear oneself out

Expressions courantes : burn out at work, burn out someone

griller

Cesser de fonctionner parce qu'une pièce est abîmée par la chaleur ou une utilisation prolongée.

En anglais simple : To stop working because a part has been damaged by heat or long use.

• The bulb burned out.
• Our old motor has finally burned out.
• Will leaving it on all night burn it out?

Comment l'utiliser : burn something out (Too much current can burn the motor out.)

Synonymes : fail, blow

Expressions courantes : burn out suddenly, burn out a motor

se consumer, s’éteindre

Cesser de brûler parce qu'il ne reste plus rien à brûler.

En anglais simple : To stop burning because there is nothing left for the fire to use.

• The candle burned out.
• We waited for the fire to burn out.
• These logs will burn out before morning.

Synonymes : go out

Expressions courantes : burn out completely, burn out overnight

ravager par le feu

Détruire un bâtiment ou son intérieur par le feu.

En anglais simple : To destroy a building or its inside with fire.

• The fire burned out the garage.
• Flames burned out three shops overnight.
• The attackers tried to burn the building out.

Comment l'utiliser : burn something out (The blaze burned the house out.)

Synonymes : gut, destroy by fire

Expressions courantes : burn out a building, burn out something

être ravagé par le feu

Être détruit par le feu, à l'intérieur ou entièrement.

En anglais simple : If something burns out, fire destroys its inside or all of it.

• The car burned out.
• The empty house burnt out during the night.
• Only a metal shell remained after the tank had burned out.

Synonymes : burn up

Expressions courantes : burn out completely, burn out overnight

exposer à la dose limite

Exposer un travailleur à une dose de radiation qui l'empêche de continuer ce travail en sécurité.

En anglais simple : To expose a worker to so much radiation that they cannot safely do more work involving radiation.

• The reactor repairs burned out several workers.
• Repeated radiation exposure had burned out the entire repair crew.
• They rotated staff to avoid burning anyone out.

Comment l'utiliser : burn someone out (The reactor work burned the welders out.)

Expressions courantes : burn out workers, burn out someone