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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Collins.1 / BNC.8426 / COCA.10501

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

• 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。
• 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。
• Such lists are long and tedious to read.
  这种表单读起来冗长乏味。
• 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。
• How can he give us such a tedious lecture.
  他给我们搞了一次多么乏味的演讲啊！
• But the waiting can be tedious.
  但等待过程可能是冗长乏味的。
• This is a tedious and error-prone job.
  这是一项乏味且容易出错的工作。
• 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。
• We found that our GUI tests, which involved a tedious manual process, were especially slowing us down.
  我们发现我们的GUI测试，包括单调的手工测试的过程，尤其减慢了我们的速度。
• Since has run into you, former days already tedious life, also has increased the innumerable sleepless nights.
  自从遇到了你，往日早已繁琐的生活，又增添了无数个不眠之夜。