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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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• But this can get tedious, and if you forget, burdensome.
  但是这样做会变得单调而乏味，并且如果您忘记了就麻烦了。
• Such lists are long and tedious to read.
  这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
• Programming a computer is a tedious business, but it's fun, too.
  用计算机编程是一件单调乏味的事情，但是它也很有趣。
• As you might expect, this communication was very tedious and difficult.
  这是你能够想象的，如此的沟通是十分烦琐和困难的。
• Tedious as it is, he finds pleasure in reading the book.
  那本书虽然枯燥，他读起来却乐在其中。
• This part library reduces product design to standard component tedious and repeated work in the design.
  该零件库减少了产品设计中对于标准件设计中繁琐且重复性的工作。