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laboriously

UK //ləˈbɔː.ri.əs.li//US //ləˈbɔːr.i.əs.li//

词源

源自中古英语,基于拉丁语 'laboriosus'(意为费力的),词根为 'labor'(劳动)。

adverb

❶ 指以费劲、吃力的方式完成某事,强调过程缓慢且需要付出大量体力或脑力劳动。

“He laboriously translated the ancient manuscript word by word.”

(他费力地逐字翻译了这份古老的手稿。)

“The ants laboriously carried food crumbs twice their size.”

(蚂蚁们费力地搬运着比它们体型大两倍的食物碎屑。)

同义词:painstakingly, arduously, strenuously

常见短语

work laboriously — 形容非常辛苦地工作,通常指需要长时间付出大量努力的任务。

“The farmers worked laboriously under the scorching sun.”

(农民们在烈日下辛苦劳作。)