tedious

英 [ˈtiːdiəs]

美 [ˈtiːdiəs]

adj.  冗长的; 啰唆的; 单调乏味的; 令人厌烦的

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Collins.1 / BNC.8426 / COCA.10501

牛津词典

adj.

• 冗长的；啰唆的；单调乏味的；令人厌烦的
  lasting or taking too long and not interesting
  1. The journey soon became tedious.
     那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 枯燥的;乏味的;令人生厌的
  If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation astedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating.
  1. Such lists are long and tedious to read.
     这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
  2. ...the tedious business of line-by-line programming.
     枯燥乏味的逐行编程工作

双语例句

• If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be a much better place.
  如果可以消灭那些单调乏味的工作，世界将会变得更加美好。
• Refactoring is a more tedious procedure than generating new test code from scratch.
  重构会是一个比从头生成新测试代码更乏味的过程。
• Adding error-handling code to your program can be annoying, tedious, and time-consuming.
  向程序中添加错误处理代码可能会是恼人、乏味、耗时的差事。
• Using only HTML as input can be boring and tedious for some message board applications.
  一些留言簿程序仅能使用HTML做为输入，因此显得很无聊和沉闷。
• Such lists are long and tedious to read.
  这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
• The tedious and slow "click through the network environment" is not necessary and saves precious time.
  的繁琐和缓慢“，通过网络环境下点击”是没有必要，而且节约了宝贵的时间。
• This can make the implementation of programs tedious and error prone.
  这可能造成程序的实现冗长乏味而且容易出错。
• The job was so tedious and tiring that ebby decided to chuck it up.
  那活儿非常枯燥累人，艾比决定不干了。
• 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。
• How can he give us such a tedious lecture.
  他给我们搞了一次多么乏味的演讲啊！