tedious
英 ['tiːdɪəs]
美['tidɪəs]
- adj. 沉闷的；冗长乏味的
英英释义
- 1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
- "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
- "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
- "a dull play"
- "his competent but dull performance"
- "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
- "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
- "tedious days on the train"
- "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
- "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
- 2. using or containing too many words;
- "long-winded (or windy) speakers"
- "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"
- "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"
- "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
同义词辨析
dull, tedious, monotonous, dreary
这些形容词均表示"单调的，乏味的，厌烦的"之意。
dull： 指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
tedious： 侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。
monotonous： 指没有变化、重复单调的。
dreary： 侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。
实用场景例句
- The journey soon became tedious.
- 那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
牛津词典
- We had to listen to the tedious details of his operation.
- 我们不得不听他唠叨他那次行动繁琐的细节。
牛津词典
- Such lists are long and tedious to read.
- 这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the tedious business of line-by-line programming.
- 枯燥乏味的逐行编程工作
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The family repair is one looks resembles simply, the actual operation actually quite tedious systems engineering.
- 家庭装修是一门看似简单, 实际操作起来却相当繁琐的系统工程.
期刊摘选
- By comparison, the light industries that typify southern China are tedious but less overtly hazardous.
- 相对来说, 轻工业是南方的代表产业,它比较乏味但就没那么危险.
期刊摘选
- Ambiguity in requirements makes the test design phase a tedious task.
- 需求的含糊不清使测试设计阶段的任务沉闷乏味.
期刊摘选
- He was not used to the tedious of life in a small country town.
- 他不适应这种乡村小镇的单调生活.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It would, however , be very tedious and difficult to write all information in binary code.
- 把所有的信息都翻译成二进制码是十分枯燥和困难的.
辞典例句
- She also ate her oatmeal at a slow, almost tedious pace.
- 她正在喝麦片粥, 节奏缓慢得近乎乏味.
期刊摘选
- The tedious job simply ate me up.
- 那单调乏味的工作简直把我烦死了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The Mayor recited to the Queen a long and tedious speech of welcome.
- 市长向女王背诵了一篇冗长且乏味的欢迎词.
《简明英汉词典》
- An endless vista of tedious day and nights stretched before us.
- 一个无止境冗长乏味的白天与夜晚的景像在我们眼前展开.
期刊摘选
- The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.
- 同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受.
《简明英汉词典》
- The arguments are tedious and complicated.
- 那些论点冗长而繁复.
《简明英汉词典》
- During the Lenovo terms, synonyms, antonyms, word usage is not so back tedious.
- 在联想方面, 同义词, 反义词, 词的使用不是那么回乏味.
期刊摘选
- His speech branched out into a long tedious sermon.
- 他的演说扯了开去,成了一篇冗长的说教.
期刊摘选
- The price is due to the tedious process of harvesting it.
- 如此高的价格是由于其冗长乏味的采摘加工过程.
期刊摘选
- Thomas Carlyle , notwithstanding his tedious rhetoric, is a master of the sublime in prose style.
- 尽管 托马斯·卡莱尔 的语言花俏冗长,但是他仍不失为一位令人崇敬的散文文体大师.
《简明英汉词典》
- Life is going to be very tedious this year.
- 今年的日子将非常单调.
期刊摘选
- Filing papers at the office is a tedious job.
- 在办公室整理文件是一项很单调的工作
《简明英汉词典》
- The work is tedious.
- 这工作令人厌倦.
期刊摘选
- It a hot dayand the drive is dusty and tedious.
- 天气很热,一路上满是灰尘,旅程单调乏味.
期刊摘选
- Three dreadful days and nights dragged their tedious hours along, and the village a hopeless stupor.
- 漫长的三天三夜过去了,令人焦虑,令人乏味, 全村陷入绝望,茫然不知所措.
期刊摘选
- The journey soon became tedious.
- 那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- I spent the rest of their visit gleefully boring them with tedious details.
- 在他们到访余下的时间里，我一直给他们讲些乏味的琐事，把他们烦得够呛，而我则私下窃喜。
柯林斯例句
- It is a tedious, humourless load of crap.
- 那是一堆枯燥乏味、毫无幽默感的废话。
柯林斯例句
- The band's approach tends to be crushingly tedious.
- 该乐队的演奏方式往往过于单调乏味。
柯林斯例句
- Such lists are long and tedious to read.
- 这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
柯林斯例句
中文词源
tedious 冗长的，乏味的
来自 tedium,冗长。
助记提示
1. tedi- + -ous.
记忆方法:替弟饿死——饿的滋味 冗长乏味
记忆方法:替弟饿死——饿的滋味 冗长乏味
双语例句
- 1. Life without Anna had no savour, was tedious, insupportable.
- 没有安娜的生活毫无情趣，单调乏味，不可忍受。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is a tedious, humourless load of crap.
- 那是一堆枯燥乏味、毫无幽默感的废话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The band's approach tends to be crushingly tedious.
- 该乐队的演奏方式往往过于单调乏味。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Such lists are long and tedious to read.
- 这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The journey soon became tedious.
- 那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
来自《权威词典》
英文词源
- tedious (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediosus "wearisome, irksome, tedious," from Latin taedium (see tedium). Related: Tediously; tediousness.
词态变化
比较级: more tedious;最高级: most tedious;副词: tediously;名词: tediousness;