tedium
英 [ˈtiːdiəm]
美 [ˈtiːdiəm]
n. 单调乏味; 冗长; 啰唆
BNC.18839 / COCA.21125
牛津词典
noun
- 单调乏味；冗长；啰唆
the quality of being boring- She longed for something to relieve the tedium of everyday life.
她渴望有什么事情能排解她日常生活中的烦闷。
- She longed for something to relieve the tedium of everyday life.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 枯燥;乏味;无聊
If you talk aboutthe tedium ofa job, task, or situation, you think it is boring and rather frustrating.- She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job.
她开始怀疑自己会不会被枯燥的工作逼疯。
- She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job.
英英释义
noun
- dullness owing to length or slowness
- the feeling of being bored by something tedious
双语例句
- While this might seem a recipe for tedium and repetition, actually it's an opportunity, as you will see shortly.
虽然看起来非常罗嗦，有不少重复，但实际上也是一种机会，后面您将看到。 - Undoubtedly the very tedium and ennui which presume to have exhausted the variety and the joys of life are as old as Adam.
毫无疑问，这种单调与无聊就像亚当一样古老；正是这种古老的单调和无聊，把人类生活中参差百态的幸福消磨殆尽了。 - The growing framework will spare you from the tedium that's rampant in other frameworks.
这一不断发展的框架会让您从其他框架的沉闷乏味中解脱出来。 - Soldiers often say that the worst thing about fighting is not the moments of terror, but all the hours of tedium in between.
士兵们常说关于打仗最糟的事不是那些恐怖的时刻，而是那些时刻之间沉闷的几个小时。 - A study from University College London showed that those who complain of boredom are more likely to die young, and those who report high levels of tedium are much more likely to die from heart disease or stroke.
根据伦敦大学学院的研究显示，那些抱怨工作无聊的人更有可能英年早逝，而那些对工作感到厌恶的人则更有可能死于心脏病或中风。 - In myself I could observe the following sources of tedium.
从我自己身上，我所观察到的烦闷的根源有下列一些。 - They are amongst the unsung heroes of this war, and everything possible to lighten their tedium and buoy up their morale should be done.
彼辈亦属此次战争中无名英雄之列。凡足减轻其烦闷，振奋其精神之一切可能措施均应一一采取。 - The most notable quality of the meeting was its sheer tedium.
会议最突出的特点是它的单调乏味。 - It was another day of mind-numbing tedium.
又是一个令人麻木的单调乏味的日子。 - A known gene with a desirable quality can be inserted into a rice plant and the time, tedium and errors of the old breeding techniques avoided.
一个已知的质量优良的基因可以运用到水稻种植中去，并且可以节约旧饲养技术的时间，使得饲养变得不那么沉闷，避免饲养错误。