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tediousa.
1. too long,long and dull太长的，冗长的。
△Rom.5.3.229: “I will be brief,for my short date of breath/Isnot so long as is a tedious tale.”我要简单地说，因为我的短促的余生恐怕来不及述说一个冗长的故事。
△Mid.5.1. 56:“A tedious brief scene”，一场冗长的短剧。
△Oth. 3.4.173(174): “and lovers’ absent hours,/ More tediousthan the dial eightscore times?”而且情人别离的时间比钟表上的时间还要长一百六十倍。
△R.III.1.4. 89: “’Tis bet-ter,sir,than to be tedious.” 先生，这总比太长了好。
△R.III. 3. 2. 6:“Cannot my Lord Stanley sleep thesetedious nights?”难道斯坦莱大人在这漫漫长夜里不能安睡吗？
2. wearisome,irksome. annoying使人厌倦的，令人厌烦的，令人讨厌的。
△Ham. 2. 2. 227 (219):“These tediousold fools!”这些讨厌的老傻瓜！
△1H.IV. 3. 1. 158(157):“O,he is as tedious/ As a tired horse,a railingwife,/Worse than a smoky house.”啊，他真叫人讨厌，就像疲惫的马，责骂不休的老婆，比烟熏的屋子还要糟。
△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，”我把一位圣女带到这里来了，她由于上天给她的一种幻象的启示，受命来解除对这个城市的旷日持久的围困。
△2H.VI.1.2. 63:“Were I a man,a duke.and next of blood,/ I would remove these tediousstumbling-blocks，”我要是一个男人，一位公爵，而且是皇家近亲，我就一定要搬掉这些讨厌的绊脚石。
3. laborious,difficult,painful. hard to arrange吃力的，困难的，棘手的，难于安排的。
△Oth.3.3.398 (397): “Itwere a tedious difficulty,I think,/To bring them tothat prospect；” 要叫他们俩当场出丑，我想很不好办。
△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，我已经趟得这么远了，即使我不再向前趟，向后转也将会和向前进一样苦恼。
△1H.IV.3. 1. 48 (47):“Can traceme in the tedious ways of art，”看他可能够追随我研究魔法的种种艰深奥秘。
4. intricate错综复杂的。
△2H.VI.3.1.339:“My brain,more busy than the labouring spider,/ Weaves tedi-ous snares to trap mine enemies.”我的头脑比辛勤的蜘蛛还要忙碌，不停地编织着错综复杂的罗网去诱捕我的敌人。 tedious[ˈti:diəs]adj.乏味的，腻烦的 |