laboured

英 [ˈleɪbəd]

美 [ˈleɪbərd]

adj.  缓慢而困难的; 不自然的; 费力的; 矫揉造作的
v.  努力做(困难的事); 干苦力活; 困难吃力地行进
labour的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：laboured　过去式：laboured　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缓慢而困难的
  slow and taking a lot of effort
• 不自然的；费力的；矫揉造作的
  not natural and seeming to take a lot of effort

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （呼吸）缓慢的，困难的，费力的
  If someone's breathing islaboured, it is slow and seems to take a lot of effort.
  1. From his slow walk and laboured breathing, Ginny realized he was far from well.
     看他步履缓慢、呼吸困难的样子，金尼意识到他的身体还远未恢复。
• ADJ-GRADED （文章或言谈）刻意的，矫揉造作的
  If something such as someone's writing or speech islaboured, they have put too much effort into it so it seems awkward and unnatural.
  1. The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose...
     他笔下的公文矫揉浮华，长篇大论。
  2. Daniel's few encounters with Gold had been characterized by a laboured politeness.
     丹尼尔与戈尔德的几次碰面都只是虚礼客套一番。

英英释义

adj

• requiring or showing effort
  1. heavy breathing
  2. the subject made for labored reading
  Synonym:heavylabored
• lacking natural ease
  1. a labored style of debating
  Synonym:laboredstrained

双语例句

• A lot of the jokes were rather laboured, I thought.
  我认为这些笑话中有很多是相当乏味的。
• His breathing is laboured.
  他的呼吸迟缓而困难。
• Daniel's few encounters with Gold had been characterized by a laboured politeness.
  丹尼尔与戈尔德的几次碰面都只是虚礼客套一番。
• The tractor laboured up the hillside.
  拖拉机艰难地向山坡上爬去。
• They laboured for the happiness of mankind.
  他们为人类的幸福而辛勤地劳动。
• The man laboured along, groaning in pain.
  那人费力地向前走着，痛得呻吟不已。
• She laboured hard to the full extent of her talent and of her beauty.
  她用尽她的天才与美貌，去苦苦工作。
• They had laboured for three years to produce this floating work of art.
  他们劳动了三年才造出这样一件水上艺术品。
• But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
  我若是有罪，又何苦白费心血？
• His breathing quickened. Chueh-hui could hear the child's laboured sobs.
  觉慧只听见他自己的急促的呼吸和小孩的低微的哭声。