tedium

英 [ˈtiːdiəm]

美 [ˈtiːdiəm]

n. 单调乏味; 冗长; 啰唆

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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

They are amongst the unsung heroes of this war, and everything possible to lighten their tedium and buoy up their morale should be done.
彼辈亦属此次战争中无名英雄之列。凡足减轻其烦闷，振奋其精神之一切可能措施均应一一采取。
Portland defines the command xdg-email, which manages all the common tedium involved in such a task.
Portland定义了xdg-email命令，它管理这类任务中包含的所有常见套路。
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。
A study from University College London showed that those who complain of boredom are more likely to die young, and those who report high levels of tedium are much more likely to die from heart disease or stroke.
根据伦敦大学学院的研究显示，那些抱怨工作无聊的人更有可能英年早逝，而那些对工作感到厌恶的人则更有可能死于心脏病或中风。
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 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。
It all adds up to a simulacrum of French village life but without the tedium, because you are in the epicentre of civilisation.
这全都构成了法国乡村生活的假象，不过并没有乡村生活的单调，因为你正身处文明的中心。
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。
In that case, it will be back to the tedium.
如果是那样的话，又会回到一个沉闷乏味的阶段中。
In myself I could observe the following sources of tedium.
从我自己身上，我所观察到的烦闷的根源有下列一些。