tedious
英 [ˈti:diəs] 美 [ˈtidiəs]

adj.

单调沉闷的；冗长乏味的；令人生厌的；

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 乏味的,单调的 tiresome because of being too long, slow or dull; boring

英英释义

tedious[ 'ti:diəs, 'ti:dʒəs ]

• adj.
  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

    "tedious days on the train"

    同义词：boringdeadeningdullho-humirksomeslowtiresomewearisome

  • using or containing too many words

    同义词：long-windedverbosewindywordy

同近义词辨析

dull, monotonous, tedious, dreary

这组词都有“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”的意思，其区别是：

dull指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。

monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。

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。

dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The tedious job simply ate me up.
   那单调乏味的工作简直把我烦死了。
2. He told me a tedious story.
   他给我讲了一个冗长乏味的故事。
3. He is an exceedingly tedious fellow.
   他是一个非常令人生厌的家伙。
4. How can he give us such a tedious lecture.
   他怎么能做这么沉闷乏味的演讲。
5. I'm afraid I find philosophy rather tedious.
   恐怕我觉得哲学很沉闷乏味。
6. The long and tedious journey did them up.
   这趟沉闷的长途旅行把他们累坏了。

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