tedious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++te·di·ous /ˈtiːdiəs/ adjective BORINGsomething that is tedious continues for a long time and is not interesting 枯燥乏味的；冗长的 SYN boring The work was tiring and tedious. 这工作既累人又枯燥。► see thesaurus at boring —tediously adverb a tediously long film 一部冗长的电影

Examples from the Corpus

tedious• Doing all those calculations without a computer would be extremely tedious.• But he had come to find her tedious.• The very rigid structure looks tedious and clumsy to us humans, but we are not meant to be reading it.• In truth, she found watching the endless circuiting a little tedious and especially when there was no one to talk to.• Bullens Creek had started off tiny and tedious and gone downhill from there.• But because this group of people is isolated, the routines may assume a particularly tedious, inexorable character.• a tedious lecture• In order to use them, however, they require a rather tedious peeling process.• It was one of the most tedious plays I've ever had to sit through.• It would be tedious to recapitulate the substance of Addison's tributes.Origin tedious (1400-1500) Late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium, from taedere “to disgust, make tired”

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tedious
te‧di‧ous /ˈtiːdiəs/

adjective

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: taediosus, from Latin taedium, from taedere 'to disgust, make tired'

something that is tedious continues for a long time and is not interesting
SYN boring:

The work was tiring and tedious.
—tediously adverb:

a tediously long film

THESAURUS

   ▪ boring not interesting in any way: a boring speech | He found school incredibly boring.
   ▪ not very interesting [not before noun] very ordinary and therefore rather boring. People often use this phrase in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring: The story wasn’t very interesting.
   ▪ dull especially written boring: The conference was usually a dull affair. | Life was never dull.
   ▪ tedious /ˈtiːdiəs/ very boring and continuing for a long time: The process was tedious and slow. | Jake began the tedious task of sorting through his papers.
   ▪ monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs $ məˈnɑː-/ boring and always the same: The work was monotonous and unchallenging. | He was only half listening to the monotonous voice of the teacher.
   ▪ mundane /mʌnˈdeɪn/ rather boring, because it is connected with things you do regularly as part of your daily life: He busied himself with the mundane task of cleaning the house. | Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money.
   ▪ humdrum /ˈhʌmdrʌm/ [usually before noun] boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens: He wanted to escape his humdrum life. | a humdrum existence
   ▪ dry a subject, piece of writing etc that is dry is boring because it is very serious and does not contain any humour: The students complained that the lecture was dry and uninspiring. | a dry academic volume

te·di·ous

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NAmE

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adjective

lasting or taking too long and not interesting 冗长的；啰嗦的；单调乏味的；令人厌烦的

SYN

boring

◆The journey soon became tedious. 那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。

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◆We had to listen to the tedious details of his operation. 我们不得不听他唠叨他那次行动繁琐的细节。

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<titled tranID="12" status="1">boring</titled>dull ◇ tedious

These words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting. 以上各词均形容话题、活动、人或地方等没意思、乏味。

boring not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient 指没有趣味的、令人厌倦或厌烦的：◆He's such a boring man! 他那人无趣得很！◆She found her job very boring. 她觉得自己的工作很无聊。
dull not interesting or exciting 指枯燥无味的、沉闷的：◆Life in a small town could be deadly dull. 小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
tedious lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient 指冗长的、单调乏味的、令人厌烦的：◆The journey soon became tedious. 那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。