单词 | tedious |
释义 | tedious (tiːdiəs ) adjective If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating. Such lists are long and tedious to read. ...the tedious business of line-by-line programming. Synonyms: boring, dull, dreary, monotonous tediously adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] ...the most tediously boring aspects of international relations. Collocations: tedious detail Ignore these, however, and you'll be dealing with matters in even more tedious detail. Times, Sunday Times Things that once seemed to happen almost by themselves, requiring little or no attention, have to be enacted in all their tedious detail. Times, Sunday Times His treatise contains 210 lessons that elaborate on these points in tedious detail. Times, Sunday Times So, despite your enthusiasm, focus on gathering these seemingly tedious details. Times,Sunday Times Tempting as it might be to ignore various tedious details and others' questions about similar matters, you'd regret it. Times, Sunday Times Before the advent of gunpowder, apart from manually chipping the ore, a long and tedious process, it was the only method of hard rock mining. The Times Literary Supplement And auctions can be a bit of a tedious process if you're not involved in competing for a house. The Sun Even when it did work, leavening was a tedious process. Smithsonian Mag You, on the other hand, must now go through the tedious process of applying to have the judgment set aside. Times, Sunday Times At the moment, changing banks involves a tedious process of transferring all those direct debits and informing all the people who need to know your new account number. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 乏味烦人的 Japanese: 単調で退屈な |
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