音标:['ti:diәs] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 沉闷的, 冗长乏味的
s so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
s using or containing too many words

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tedious的用法和样例:

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。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. I spent a tedious hour in a traffic jam.塞车那一个小时真是难熬。
  2. Filing papers at the office is a tedious job.在办公室整理文件是一项很单调的工作。
  3. I'm tired of his tedious lecture.我讨厌他那冗长乏味的讲座。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. The arguments are tedious and complicated.那些论点冗长乏味而繁复。
用作宾语补足语S+V+O+~
  1. I find this novel very tedious.我发现这部小说很乏味。

经典引文

  • The bishop's sermon had been..the most tedious twenty minutes of the year.

    出自:A. N. Wilson
  • No gardener needs to be reminded that weeding is tedious work.

    出自:J. Cox
  • A..tedious woman who held forth at great length on any subject.

    出自:P. P. Read
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swift -迅速的,敏捷的 switch -转变,改变 symbol -符号,标致 sympathy-同情,同情心 symptom -症状,征兆 synthetic -合成的,人造的 tackle -处理,对付 tag-标签,标牌 talent -天资,天才 tame -驯服的,温顺的 target -对象,目标,靶子 technology-工艺,技术 tedious -乏味

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