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单词 laborious
释义 la·bo·ri·ous
\ləˈbōrēəs, -bȯr-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from labor + -iosus -ious
1. : devoted to labor : industrious, hardworking, diligent
 < as men of research … they are magnificently laborious and accurate — Aldous Huxley >
2. : involving or characterized by hard or toilsome effort or by detailed elaboration : labored
 < months of laborious research >
 < slow and laborious transportation >
 < laborious and futile negotiations >
 < several laborious, overlong, painfully “arty” stories — William Peden >
 < picturesque scenery painted with laborious literalism — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
3. chiefly Britain : doing unskilled labor : laboring
 < cottages for the laborious and industrious part of the community — G.E.Fussell >
la·bo·ri·ous·ly adverb
la·bo·ri·ous·ness noun -es
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