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Belabor Bother Labor Sense Attested Bi'leibə V.过分冗长地做或说;痛打 英

单词 belabor
音标 [bi'leibə]
解释 v.过分冗长地做或说;痛打
红宝书 【英】 v.(过分冗长地)做或 说(to spend too much time or effort on);痛打(to beat severely)
【考】 assert : belabor / tend : fuss(过分断言是啰嗦/过 分注意是大惊小怪)badger : bother / belabor : mention(纠缠是过分烦扰/冗 长说是不断提起)
【记】 be+labor(劳动)→不 断劳动→过分做或说
【例】 Let's not belabour the point.
字源 belabor (v.)
1590s, "to exert one's strength upon," from be- + labor (v.). But figurative sense of "assail with words" is attested somewhat earlier (1590s); and belabored is attested from mid-15c. with a sense of "tilled, cultivated."
不择手段背单词 v. (喋喋不休地, 反复地, 冗长地)讨论, 分析; 痛打 = baste = drub = lambaste = pummel = wallop
【例】Don'apos;t belabor the point 别再啰嗦了.
【记】labor劳动-不断劳动-反复做或说
【类】assert: belabor = tend: fuss过分断言是啰嗦 = 过分注意是大惊小怪badger: bother = belabor: mention纠缠是不断烦扰 = 冗长的说是不断提起
趣味全助记 【记】be + labor 做为(be)一个苦力工人(labor),需要能忍受痛斥,痛打,和冗长的分析讨论与教导

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