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tedious adj.单调乏味的；沉闷的 (1) 那单调乏味的工作简直把我烦死了。(2) 他给我讲了一个冗长乏味的故事。(3) 他是一个非常令人生厌的家伙。(4) 他怎么能做这么沉闷乏味的演讲。(5) 这趟沉闷的长途旅行把他们累坏了。 Tedious is the adjective from tedium, which is both Latin and English for boredom. You ordinarily wouldn't use tedious for people, just things; you might say "His speeches are tedious," but usually not "He is tedious." Something that is tedious could also be called tiresome. Shakespeare's Friar Laurence says "I will be brief, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale."

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英 ['tiːdiəs] 美 ['tiːdiəs] (1) The tedious job simply ate me up.(2) He told me a tedious story.(3) He is an exceedingly tedious fellow.(4) How can he give us such a tedious lecture.(5) The long and tedious journey did them up. If something is tedious, it's boring. If you're anxious to get outside and enjoy the sun, even the best lecture will seem tedious. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. 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tediously...the most tediously boring aspects of international relations.国际关系中最枯燥乏味的方面

英语单词	tedious
英美音标	英 ['tiːdiəs] 美 ['tiːdiəs]
中文释义	adj.单调乏味的；沉闷的
英语例句	(1) The tedious job simply ate me up. (2) He told me a tedious story. (3) He is an exceedingly tedious fellow. (4) How can he give us such a tedious lecture. (5) The long and tedious journey did them up.
中文例句	(1) 那单调乏味的工作简直把我烦死了。 (2) 他给我讲了一个冗长乏味的故事。 (3) 他是一个非常令人生厌的家伙。 (4) 他怎么能做这么沉闷乏味的演讲。 (5) 这趟沉闷的长途旅行把他们累坏了。
vocabulary简明	If something is tedious, it's boring. If you're anxious to get outside and enjoy the sun, even the best lecture will seem tedious.
vocabulary扩展	Tedious is the adjective from tedium, which is both Latin and English for boredom. You ordinarily wouldn't use tedious for people, just things; you might say "His speeches are tedious," but usually not "He is tedious." Something that is tedious could also be called tiresome. Shakespeare's Friar Laurence says "I will be brief, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. 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 tediously ...the most tediously boring aspects of international relations. 国际关系中最枯燥乏味的方面

Tedious Long Boring 英 Tiːdiəs] 美 Tiːdiəs Adj.单调乏味的；沉闷的 Job