| 单词 | labored |
| 释义 | labored (once / 1069 pages) adj The adjective labored is used to describe something that is difficult or requires effort to perform. If you are pregnant with triplets by the ninth month your walking will be labored. The adjective labored can describe something that is lacking natural ease or style. If you have to recite Shakespeare and you do so haltingly or self-consciously, then you have given a labored performance. If you then become really nervous and start to hyperventilate during a recitation of Hamlet's soliloquy, you will have labored breathing. WORD FAMILYlabored: laboredly+/labor: labored, laborer, laboring, laborious, labors/laborer: laborers/laborious: laboriously, laboriousness USAGE EXAMPLESFor two and a half years, he labored on a script. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Somehow, though, whenever I’m testing it publicly, it picks this slightly labored joke, and it’s difficult to resist ascribing ill intent. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Davidson initially told detectives he’d been in the living room playing video games when he heard labored breathing coming from a bedroom. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) 1adj requiring or showing effort the subject made for labored reading Syn heavy, laboured effortful requiring great physical effort 2adj lacking natural ease a labored style of debating Syn laboured, strained awkward lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance |
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