tedious
adjective /ˈtiːdiəs/
/ˈtiːdiəs/
- lasting or taking too long and not interesting
冗长的；啰嗦的；单调乏味的；令人厌烦的 - The journey soon became tedious.
那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。 - 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。
Synonyms boringboring- dull
- tedious
- boring not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient:
- He’s such a boring man!
他那人无趣得很！ - She found her job very boring.
她觉得自己的工作很无聊。
- He’s such a boring man!
- dull not interesting or exciting:
- Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
- Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
- tedious lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient:
- The journey soon became tedious.
那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
- The journey soon became tedious.
- to be boring/dull/tedious for somebody
- boring/dull/tedious subjects/books
- boring/dull/tedious jobs/work/games
- a boring/dull place/man/woman/person
- deadly boring/dull
Topics Working lifec1- Her visits were starting to get a bit tedious.
她的来访开始让人生厌了。 - The joke became increasingly tedious.
笑话变得越来越乏味。 - It was tedious, repetitive work.
那是单调、重复的工作。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French tedieus or late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium, from taedere ‘be weary of’. - The journey soon became tedious.