tedious

英[ˈtiːdiəs]美[ˈtiːdiəs]

adj.单调沉闷的，冗长乏味的，令人生厌的；

比较级：more tedious;

*高级：most tedious;

副词：tediously;

名词：tediousness;

例句

The tedious job simply ate me up.那单调乏味的工作简直把我烦死了。

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。

The arguments are tedious and complicated.那些论点冗长而繁复。

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

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。

Tedious fiddling about with mice and joysticks will become irritants of the past.单调乏味的鼠标和操纵杆将成为历史.

It eschews complicated workout regimens, tedious calorie counting, and loss gimmicks.它避免复杂的养生运动 、 枯燥的卡路里计算和华而不实的减肥技巧.

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。

The dilution method was obviously too tedious and uncertain for routine use.稀释法明显太费事、太没把握了,不适用于常规操作.

It is a tedious, humourless load of crap.那是一堆枯燥乏味、毫无幽默感的废话。

同义词

adj.

tedious的同义词之：乏味的

dullhumdrumdryboringdrearywearisomeslowtiringmonotonous

tedious的同义词之：其他释义

drearytiringdullhumdrumirksomeboringtiresomeliteraldeadlywearisomemonotonousdryslowpractical

反义词

adj.

tedious的反义词之：冗长乏味的

excitinginteresting

tedious的反义词之：其他释义

compellingexciting

同义词解析

以下这些形容词均表示"单调的，乏味的，厌烦的" 的意思

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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

枯燥的;乏味的;令人生厌的

If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating.

例句

Such lists are long and tedious to read.这种表单读起来冗长乏味。...the tedious business of line-by-line programming.枯燥乏味的逐行编程工作

英汉词典释义

adj.

乏味的, 单调的

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The arguments are tedious and complicated.那些论点冗长而繁复。

冗长的；啰嗦的

英英词典释义

Adjective

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"

行业词典

金融： 劳动量大的；