tedious

英 ['tiːdiəs] 美 ['tiːdiəs]

• adj. 单调乏味的；沉闷的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 乏味的,单调的

   tiresome because of being too long, slow or dull; boring

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 冗长乏味的
2. 使人厌烦的
3. 冗长的
4. 单调乏味的
5. 令人厌烦的
6. 沉闷的
7. 单调沉闷的
8. 令人生厌的
9. 繁琐
10. 费事
11. 腻味
12. 腻烦的
13. 进行得很迟缓的
14. 乏味的
15. 单调的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

   "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
   "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
   "a dull play"
   "his competent but dull performance"
   "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
   "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"
   "tedious days on the train"
   "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"
   "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
   

2. using or containing too many words;

   "long-winded (or windy) speakers"
   "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"
   "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"
   "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
   

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

词义辨析

dull，tedious，monotonous，dreary

• 这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。
• dull指缺乏新鲜、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
• tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。
• monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。
• dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的tedieus；最初源自晚期拉丁语的taediosus，意为疲劳的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• boring
• flat
• tiresome

【反义词】

• interesting