onerous
英 ['??n(?)r?s; '?n-]
美['ɑn?r?s]
- adj. 繁重的；麻煩的；負有義務的；負有法律責任的
低頻詞GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
onerous 費力的，艱巨的
來自拉丁語onus的所有格oneris,負擔，重擔，詞源同onus.引申詞義費力的，艱巨的。
英文詞源
- onerous (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French onereus, honereus (14c., Modern French onéreux) and directly from Latin onerosus, from onus (genitive oneris) "burden" (see onus).
雙語例句
- 1. My household duties were not particularly onerous.
- 我的家務活并不繁重.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. This obligation sometimes proves onerous.
- 這一義務有時被證明是艱巨的.
來自英漢非文學 - 行政法
- 3. She desired a fixed occupation - no matter how onerous, how irksome.
- 她希望有個固定的職業(yè),不管這個職業(yè)多么繁重, 多么令人厭倦.
來自辭典例句
- 4. This is the most onerous task I have ever undertaken.
- 這是我承擔過的最艱巨的任務.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The job had become reduced quickly to its onerous humiliating routine.
- 他的工作很快就縮小到只剩些煩瑣的例行公事,干著也覺得很不光彩.
來自辭典例句