单词 | laborious |
释义 | laborious —laboriously, adv. —laboriousness, n. /leuh bawr"ee euhs, -bohr"-/, adj. 1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 2. characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research. 3. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort, dullness, and lack of spontaneity; labored: a strained, laborious plot. 4. given to or diligent in work: a careful, laborious craftsman. [1350-1400; ME < L laboriosus. See LABOR, -IOUS] Syn. 1. toilsome, arduous, onerous, burdensome, difficult, hard, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing. 4. hardworking, industrious, assiduous, sedulous, painstaking. |
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