tedium

英 [ˈtiːdiəm]

美 [ˈtiːdiəm]

n.  单调乏味; 冗长; 啰唆

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BNC.18839 / COCA.21125

牛津词典

noun

• 单调乏味；冗长；啰唆
  the quality of being boring
  1. She longed for something to relieve the tedium of everyday life.
     她渴望有什么事情能排解她日常生活中的烦闷。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 枯燥;乏味;无聊
  If you talk aboutthe tedium ofa job, task, or situation, you think it is boring and rather frustrating.
  1. She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job.
     她开始怀疑自己会不会被枯燥的工作逼疯。

英英释义

noun

• dullness owing to length or slowness
  Synonym:tediousnesstiresomeness
• the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  Synonym:boredomennui

双语例句

• The most notable quality of the meeting was its sheer tedium.
  会议最突出的特点是它的单调乏味。
• The expense and tedium of ferries or Eurostar would be a thing of the past.
  渡船或乘坐欧洲之星（eurostar）的费用和烦闷将成为历史。
• Soldiers often say that the worst thing about fighting is not the moments of terror, but all the hours of tedium in between.
  士兵们常说关于打仗最糟的事不是那些恐怖的时刻，而是那些时刻之间沉闷的几个小时。
• A known gene with a desirable quality can be inserted into a rice plant and the time, tedium and errors of the old breeding techniques avoided.
  一个已知的质量优良的基因可以运用到水稻种植中去，并且可以节约旧饲养技术的时间，使得饲养变得不那么沉闷，避免饲养错误。
• The bladed corners to the south side of the west crescent turret breaks the monotony and tedium, and brings about a strong visual impact and mental shock.
  西侧月牙状塔楼南北两侧的刀丸状建筑角部，打破了圆柱体的单调和乏味，产生出强烈的视觉冲击和心理震撼。
• Hence the welcome that the Dalian cheerleaders received in Chinese media at least the airport was trying to do something to distract passengers from the tedium of waiting.
  因此，大连啦啦队员获得了中国媒体的认可机场方面至少是在做出一些努力，帮助乘客摆脱等待过程中的单调与乏味。
• The growing framework will spare you from the tedium that's rampant in other frameworks.
  这一不断发展的框架会让您从其他框架的沉闷乏味中解脱出来。
• However, once you've mastered the command-line toolset, you may wish to use a tool that automates some of the tedium of dealing with the sourcepath and classpath.
  如果您掌握了命令行工具集，就可以使用另外的工具来自动处理源路径和类路径所需的一些繁琐过程。
• Man with beard, dismissed my editor, signalling irrelevance and tedium.
  我的编辑拒绝了，他说：长胡子的男人。
• Undoubtedly the very tedium and ennui which presume to have exhausted the variety and the joys of life are as old as Adam.
  毫无疑问，这种单调与无聊就像亚当一样古老；正是这种古老的单调和无聊，把人类生活中参差百态的幸福消磨殆尽了。