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

• 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。
• But actually identifying the protein was a laborious process that took five years.
  但是，实际上鉴别这些蛋白是一个花了五年时间的辛勤过程。
• You may have the impression that this process is usually laborious.
  你可能认为这种方法是艰难的。
• The woman smiles said: Anything, you only then have not been laborious!
  女人笑笑说：没什么的，你才辛苦呢！
• He looked at his son's laborious handwriting.
  他看他儿子那费力写出的字迹。
• 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。
• 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。
• Must thank you in here me, was laborious!
  在这里我要谢谢你们，辛苦了！
• My mother is a laborious woman.
  我的母亲是一个勤劳的女人。
• Note that this should not be a laborious and lengthy process; the goal is to get to a smaller and lighter initial process framework and validate the decisions with real work efforts.
  请注意：这不应当成为一个艰苦的和冗长的处理过程；它的目标是得到一个更小型的和更轻便的初始化处理过程框架，并且通过实际的工作努力验证该决定。