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单词 burdensome
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Definition of burdensome in English:

burdensome

adjective ˈbəːdns(ə)mˈbərdnsəm
  • 1Difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing.

    the burdensome responsibilities of professional life
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Informing, educating, leading and sometimes cajoling an industry to achieve what it is capable of achieving is a burdensome task.
    • Given the overwhelming needs of multiply diagnosed consumers, coordinating treatment among treatment providers can be burdensome.
    • She's the executive director, meaning she must endure two recurring messages, both burdensome in their own ways.
    • Early retirement rules apply in other particularly burdensome professions.
    • However, the proposal is financially less burdensome for the government.
    • Secondly, it is argued that the imposition of liability for omissions would create burdensome duties of affirmative action which interfere with individual liberty.
    • But while they may be instructive, requiring them seems burdensome.
    • Any sensible person would think that erecting a 12 ft tree is not a particularly burdensome task.
    • The long-term financial responsibility of starting a new family at the age most Westerners retire can be awesome and burdensome.
    • My company's accounts receivable used to be large and burdensome.
    • We wouldn't be trying to run or control the charities, just to do everything we could to make their own task less burdensome. "
    • The only way to make this load less burdensome is to give presents.
    • The CDC review focused on patient-oriented outcomes: survival, cognitive outcomes, hospitalizations, and the use of invasive or burdensome therapies.
    • And contingency plans were made available if payments still proved too burdensome.
    • My client realizes that altering your name may seem a burdensome proposition at this time.
    • Strategically located naval bases capable of berthing the carriers would also have to be constructed, adding to the already burdensome bill.
    • Many firms in France and Germany already find the cost of employment extremely burdensome.
    • As such the money soon evaporates into thin air and the beneficiary is now left with the more burdensome task of repaying the loan.
    • The coexistence of state and federal securities regulators has often been criticized by the industry as inefficient and burdensome.
    • But many member states say the task to bring cases against spammers is burdensome.
    Synonyms
    onerous, oppressive, troublesome, weighty, worrisome, vexatious, irksome, trying, crushing, inconvenient, awkward, a nuisance
    harsh, severe, stiff, stringent, formidable, an imposition
    arduous, strenuous, rigorous, uphill, difficult, hard, laborious, Herculean, exhausting, tiring, taxing, demanding, punishing, gruelling, back-breaking, exacting, wearing, stressful, wearisome, fatiguing
    rare toilsome, exigent
    1. 1.1 Undesirably restrictive.
      bureaucratically burdensome assessment procedures
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The United Nations is getting a bit burdensome, it seems to me, to anyone who's interested in freedom.
      • The law should not impose too burdensome an obligation on bankers, which hampers the effective transacting of banking business unnecessarily.
      • We pay handsomely for the privilege of being members and we get hot under the collar about its burdensome regulations.
      • Industry has long complained that the regulation is too confusing and burdensome.
      • Many fail, crushed by competition, starved by high costs or strangled by burdensome regulations. "
      • According to one of the speakers, the required documentation was not overly burdensome.
      • It regularly increases at a far higher rate than inflation and is proving burdensome to increasing numbers of families.
      • The idea is to promote a more holistic approach to conservation without either weakening current provision or introducing burdensome new restrictions.
      • This was a countryside where farmers could grow multiple crops of miracle rice, often relieved of the burdensome taxation of the revolution.
      • Catholic schools sidestep many of the most burdensome regulations.
      • Furthermore, national income has been inadequate to repay the country's burdensome debts.
      • The New Labour state puts ' the emphasis on education and skills not over burdensome regulation '.
      • For adoptive children it can be very burdensome to be a God-given answer to someone's prayer.
      • It is a troubling indictment of new, burdensome, institutional barriers to free inquiry.
      • It includes over 300 corporations associated with the gas-guzzling industry, and supports complete deregulation of ' burdensome ' environmental standards.
      • Access to contraception of all types is particularly burdensome for rural teens.
      • In characteristic fashion Heidegger interprets such good moods as a turning away from the burdensome character of being.
      • The situation is only today finally being recognized as unacceptably burdensome.
      • Cable operators attack the proposal as burdensome and unnecessary.
      • Many small companies are exempt from some regulations, but others can become burdensome when a business is quickly expanding.
 
 

Definition of burdensome in US English:

burdensome

adjectiveˈbərdnsəmˈbərdnsəm
  • 1Difficult to carry out or fulfill; taxing.

    the burdensome responsibilities of professional life
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Secondly, it is argued that the imposition of liability for omissions would create burdensome duties of affirmative action which interfere with individual liberty.
    • Informing, educating, leading and sometimes cajoling an industry to achieve what it is capable of achieving is a burdensome task.
    • The CDC review focused on patient-oriented outcomes: survival, cognitive outcomes, hospitalizations, and the use of invasive or burdensome therapies.
    • Given the overwhelming needs of multiply diagnosed consumers, coordinating treatment among treatment providers can be burdensome.
    • Many firms in France and Germany already find the cost of employment extremely burdensome.
    • She's the executive director, meaning she must endure two recurring messages, both burdensome in their own ways.
    • And contingency plans were made available if payments still proved too burdensome.
    • My client realizes that altering your name may seem a burdensome proposition at this time.
    • But many member states say the task to bring cases against spammers is burdensome.
    • My company's accounts receivable used to be large and burdensome.
    • We wouldn't be trying to run or control the charities, just to do everything we could to make their own task less burdensome. "
    • Strategically located naval bases capable of berthing the carriers would also have to be constructed, adding to the already burdensome bill.
    • Any sensible person would think that erecting a 12 ft tree is not a particularly burdensome task.
    • The coexistence of state and federal securities regulators has often been criticized by the industry as inefficient and burdensome.
    • However, the proposal is financially less burdensome for the government.
    • Early retirement rules apply in other particularly burdensome professions.
    • As such the money soon evaporates into thin air and the beneficiary is now left with the more burdensome task of repaying the loan.
    • But while they may be instructive, requiring them seems burdensome.
    • The long-term financial responsibility of starting a new family at the age most Westerners retire can be awesome and burdensome.
    • The only way to make this load less burdensome is to give presents.
    Synonyms
    onerous, oppressive, troublesome, weighty, worrisome, vexatious, irksome, trying, crushing, inconvenient, awkward, a nuisance
    1. 1.1 Undesirably restrictive.
      bureaucratically burdensome assessment procedures
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In characteristic fashion Heidegger interprets such good moods as a turning away from the burdensome character of being.
      • The situation is only today finally being recognized as unacceptably burdensome.
      • Many small companies are exempt from some regulations, but others can become burdensome when a business is quickly expanding.
      • According to one of the speakers, the required documentation was not overly burdensome.
      • Many fail, crushed by competition, starved by high costs or strangled by burdensome regulations. "
      • Catholic schools sidestep many of the most burdensome regulations.
      • The law should not impose too burdensome an obligation on bankers, which hampers the effective transacting of banking business unnecessarily.
      • It includes over 300 corporations associated with the gas-guzzling industry, and supports complete deregulation of ' burdensome ' environmental standards.
      • Cable operators attack the proposal as burdensome and unnecessary.
      • Access to contraception of all types is particularly burdensome for rural teens.
      • The United Nations is getting a bit burdensome, it seems to me, to anyone who's interested in freedom.
      • The New Labour state puts ' the emphasis on education and skills not over burdensome regulation '.
      • We pay handsomely for the privilege of being members and we get hot under the collar about its burdensome regulations.
      • It regularly increases at a far higher rate than inflation and is proving burdensome to increasing numbers of families.
      • For adoptive children it can be very burdensome to be a God-given answer to someone's prayer.
      • Furthermore, national income has been inadequate to repay the country's burdensome debts.
      • The idea is to promote a more holistic approach to conservation without either weakening current provision or introducing burdensome new restrictions.
      • This was a countryside where farmers could grow multiple crops of miracle rice, often relieved of the burdensome taxation of the revolution.
      • Industry has long complained that the regulation is too confusing and burdensome.
      • It is a troubling indictment of new, burdensome, institutional barriers to free inquiry.
 
 
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