| 釋義 |
tediousa.
1. too long,long and dull太長(zhǎng)的，冗長(zhǎng)的。
△Rom.5.3.229: “I will be brief,for my short date of breath/Isnot so long as is a tedious tale.”我要簡(jiǎn)單地說，因?yàn)槲业亩檀俚挠嗌峙聛聿患笆稣f一個(gè)冗長(zhǎng)的故事。
△Mid.5.1. 56:“A tedious brief scene”，一場(chǎng)冗長(zhǎng)的短劇。
△Oth. 3.4.173(174): “and lovers’ absent hours,/ More tediousthan the dial eightscore times?”而且情人別離的時(shí)間比鐘表上的時(shí)間還要長(zhǎng)一百六十倍。
△R.III.1.4. 89: “’Tis bet-ter,sir,than to be tedious.” 先生，這總比太長(zhǎng)了好。
△R.III. 3. 2. 6:“Cannot my Lord Stanley sleep thesetedious nights?”難道斯坦萊大人在這漫漫長(zhǎng)夜里不能安睡嗎？
2. wearisome,irksome. annoying使人厭倦的，令人厭煩的，令人討厭的。
△Ham. 2. 2. 227 (219):“These tediousold fools!”這些討厭的老傻瓜！
△1H.IV. 3. 1. 158(157):“O,he is as tedious/ As a tired horse,a railingwife,/Worse than a smoky house.”啊，他真叫人討厭，就像疲憊的馬，責(zé)罵不休的老婆，比煙熏的屋子還要糟。
△1H.VI1.2.51: “A holy maid hither with me I bring,/Which by a vision sent to her from heaven/Ordainedis to raise this tedious siege，”我把一位圣女帶到這里來了，她由于上天給她的一種幻象的啟示，受命來解除對(duì)這個(gè)城市的曠日持久的圍困。
△2H.VI.1.2. 63:“Were I a man,a duke.and next of blood,/ I would remove these tediousstumbling-blocks，”我要是一個(gè)男人，一位公爵，而且是皇家近親，我就一定要搬掉這些討厭的絆腳石。
3. laborious,difficult,painful. hard to arrange吃力的，困難的，棘手的，難于安排的。
△Oth.3.3.398 (397): “Itwere a tedious difficulty,I think,/To bring them tothat prospect；” 要叫他們倆當(dāng)場(chǎng)出丑，我想很不好辦。
△Mac.3.4.136(135):“I am in blood/Stepped in sofar that,should I wade no more,/ Returning were astedious as go o’er.” i.e. Even if I were to wade nofurther,to return would be as difficult as to go over.在血泊之中，我已經(jīng)趟得這么遠(yuǎn)了，即使我不再向前趟，向后轉(zhuǎn)也將會(huì)和向前進(jìn)一樣苦惱。
△1H.IV.3. 1. 48 (47):“Can traceme in the tedious ways of art，”看他可能夠追隨我研究魔法的種種艱深?yuàn)W秘。
4. intricate錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的。
△2H.VI.3.1.339:“My brain,more busy than the labouring spider,/ Weaves tedi-ous snares to trap mine enemies.”我的頭腦比辛勤的蜘蛛還要忙碌，不停地編織著錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的羅網(wǎng)去誘捕我的敵人。 tedious[?ti:di?s]adj.乏味的，膩煩的 |