tedious

英 [ˈtiːdiəs]

美 [ˈtiːdiəs]

adj.  冗长的; 啰唆的; 单调乏味的; 令人厌烦的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 冗长的；啰唆的；单调乏味的；令人厌烦的
  lasting or taking too long and not interesting
  1. The journey soon became tedious.
     那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
  2. We had to listen to the tedious details of his operation.
     我们不得不听他唠叨他那次行动繁琐的细节。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 枯燥的;乏味的;令人生厌的
  If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation astedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating.
  1. Such lists are long and tedious to read.
     这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
  2. ...the tedious business of line-by-line programming.
     枯燥乏味的逐行编程工作

双语例句

• He was not used to the tedious of life in a small country town.
  他不适应这种乡村小镇的单调生活。
• But the waiting can be tedious.
  但等待过程可能是冗长乏味的。
• This can make the implementation of programs tedious and error prone.
  这可能造成程序的实现冗长乏味而且容易出错。
• This is a tedious and error-prone job.
  这是一项乏味且容易出错的工作。
• If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be a much better place.
  如果可以消灭那些单调乏味的工作，世界将会变得更加美好。
• Reading from a tedious technical brief for hours on end, he would stray into difficult territory.
  连续看上几个小时枯燥的技术简报后，他会不自觉地钻起牛角尖来。
• Refactoring is a more tedious procedure than generating new test code from scratch.
  重构会是一个比从头生成新测试代码更乏味的过程。
• We are tired of this tedious speech.
  我们厌倦了这个冗长的演讲。
• He performed the tedious task of collating texts.
  他做了冗长而乏味的校勘原文工作。
• As you might expect, this communication was very tedious and difficult.
  这是你能够想象的，如此的沟通是十分烦琐和困难的。