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tedious
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🇺🇸 /tˈidiʌs/
🇬🇧 /ˈtiː.dɪəs/
形容事情冗长、单调而令人厌烦，常常还让人觉得耗时。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一条又长又重复的路：走得越久，内容越没变化，人也越疲惫。tedious 就是这种“又长、又单调、让人厌倦”的感觉，可形容任务、过程、演讲等。
📝 学习建议
- 先把它记成“冗长乏味”，再根据语境补出“单调”或“耗时”的感觉。
- 不要把它只理解成“困难”；一件事即使不难，只要重复、拖沓并令人厌倦，也可以用这个词。
📖 中文释义
adj
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core 冗长乏味的📖 形容一件事持续很久、内容重复或缺少变化，让人逐渐感到厌烦；它可以同时带有“耗时、令人疲惫”的意味。💡 常用“tedious + 任务或活动”以及“任务或活动 + be tedious”。这个词比单说“无聊”更突出过程漫长、重复，常用于工作、手续、阅读或说明等语境。不要把它当作“困难”的同义词，也不要随意用来表示人的情绪状态。Sorting all these old documents is tedious.整理这些旧文件很枯燥乏味。The lecture became tedious after the first hour.讲座进行到第一个小时后变得冗长乏味。
more tedious
comparative
most tedious
superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 2 组
using or containing too many words; ; ;
同义词集:
long-winded
tedious
verbose
windy
wordy
long-winded (or windy) speakers
verbose and ineffective instructional methods
newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain
同义词集:
boring
deadening
dull
ho-hum
irksome
slow
tedious
tiresome
wearisome
a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
近似: uninteresting
🌳 词源
源自表示“厌倦、乏味”的拉丁语词，后来经古法语进入英语。
English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).
🔄 变式
more tedious
compar
most tedious
superl
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