laborious

英 [ləˈbɔːriəs]

美 [ləˈbɔːriəs]

adj.  耗时费力的; 辛苦的

TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14158 / COCA.18512

牛津词典

adj.

• 耗时费力的；辛苦的
  taking a lot of time and effort
  1. a laborious task/process
     艰巨的任务；艰难的过程
  2. Checking all the information will be slow and laborious.
     查看所有的信息既费时又费力。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 耗时费力的；辛苦的；艰难的
  If you describe a task or job aslaborious, you mean that it takes a lot of time and effort.
  1. Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task.
     一年到头把花园拾掇得干净整洁也不是件轻松活儿。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  1. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
  2. a grueling campaign
  3. hard labor
  4. heavy work
  5. heavy going
  6. spent many laborious hours on the project
  7. set a punishing pace
  Synonym:arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardheavyoperosepunishingtoilsome

双语例句

• My mother is a laborious woman.
  我的母亲是一个勤劳的女人。
• In the processes of mapping, placement is a very time-consuming and laborious work.
  然在制图过程中，注记配置所需的时间及经费甚钜，是一项耗时费力的工作。
• So, it is a very laborious process.
  因此，这是一个非常艰苦的过程。
• Eg. on the contrary, I took up another resolution, which was more safe, though more laborious.
  相反地，我作了另外一个决定，虽然比较费劲，却比较安全。
• Must thank you in here me, was laborious!
  在这里我要谢谢你们，辛苦了！
• The process looks rather laborious but at least it is not dangerous.
  看上去这生产过程颇费力，但无论如何它没有什么危险。
• Thus it was less laborious calculation, but "pure thought" to which Einstein attributed his theories.
  就这样，不需要费劲的计算，只需要纯粹的思想。爱因斯坦就是这样提出了他的那些理论。
• In here, I would like to express the sincere regards and the heartfelt gratitude to the AB all leader and the staff: You were laborious!
  在此，我要向AB的全体领导和员工表示诚挚的问候和衷心的感谢：你们辛苦了！
• Arm-a laborious and industrious person.
  手臂-个艰苦勤奋的人。
• Storing, finding, and using these documents is laborious and inefficient.
  存储、查找和使用这些文档将十分费力而低效。