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

• This is a good novel, except for the long and tedious ending.
  这本小说很好，美中不足的是结尾太冗长了。
• Using only HTML as input can be boring and tedious for some message board applications.
  一些留言簿程序仅能使用HTML做为输入，因此显得很无聊和沉闷。
• 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。
• But the waiting can be tedious.
  但等待过程可能是冗长乏味的。
• The job was so tedious and tiring that ebby decided to chuck it up.
  那活儿非常枯燥累人，艾比决定不干了。
• Needless to say, this is a tedious process.
  不用说，这将是一个繁琐的过程。
• Such lists are long and tedious to read.
  这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
• 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。
• Tedious, I don't want to play the piano any more.
  真枯燥无味的，我不想再弹钢琴了。
• Life without Anna had no savour, was tedious, insupportable.
  没有安娜的生活毫无情趣，单调乏味，不可忍受。