laborious

英 [ləˈbɔːriəs]

美 [ləˈbɔːriəs]

adj.  耗时费力的; 辛苦的

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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。
• The distance seemed interminable, and the walk was most laborious.
  距离好像无穷无尽似的，走起来真够吃力。
• So, it is a very laborious process.
  因此，这是一个非常艰苦的过程。
• The job of preparing data in this form is laborious, and cost a great deal of money.
  以这种方式准备数据的工作是很费力的，并且要花许多钱。
• Making a road from Ledo to China was also an immense, laborious task.
  从利多建筑一条通往中国的公路，也是一个巨大而艰苦的任务。
• Similar material proportion confirmed by traditional test method is time-consuming and laborious.
  由传统试验方法确定相似材料配比费时、费力。
• 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。
• You may have the impression that this process is usually laborious.
  你可能认为这种方法是艰难的。
• Arm-a laborious and industrious person.
  手臂-个艰苦勤奋的人。
• 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。