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单词 onerous
释义 oner·ous
\ˈänərəs, ˈōn-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French onereus, from Latin onerosus, from oner-, onus burden + -osus -ose; akin to Sanskrit anas cart and perhaps to Greek ania grief
1.
 a. : that involves, imposes, or constitutes much oppressive or irksome work, effort, difficulty, or responsibility : heavily demanding : troublesome, burdensome
  < onerous duties >
  < an onerous political system >
  < an onerous task >
 b. : that involves, imposes, or constitutes a legal burden
  < onerous property >
  < an onerous option >
2. : of or relating to something done or given for an equivalent
 < an onerous grant >
Synonyms:
 onerous, burdensome, oppressive, and exacting can mean, in common, imposing great trouble, labor, or hardship. onerous implies laboriousness or heaviness and usually connotes irksomeness
  < an unending, tiring, onerous job >
  < the tyranny of a majority might be more onerous than that of a despot — A.N.Whitehead >
  < a permanent agreement which should remove onerous taxes — Enyc. Americana >
  burdensome usually implies both mental and physical strain
  < a burdensome responsibility >
  < the burdensome customs regulations and the unfair tax laws — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
  < a burdensome bureaucratic structure — Current Biography >
  oppressive adds to burdensome the idea of distress to spirit or body, usually implying extreme harshness or severity and suggesting excessive impositions, cruelty, or tyranny
  < the utter solitude and silence were oppressive — Herman Melville >
  < oppressive taxes >
  < others who have lived under oppressive governments get into the fixed habit of not telling the truth to government officials — M.R.Cohen >
  < one distant universal enemy is less oppressive than a thousand unchecked pilferers and plotters at home — George Santayana >
  exacting implies great demands, suggesting rigor, sternness, or extreme fastidiousness rather than oppression
  < aristocrats subjected themselves as proudly and willingly to the exacting discipline of the warrior — Edith Hamilton >
  < the pity of it was that even the least exacting husband should so often desire something more piquant than goodness — Ellen Glasgow >
  < an exacting standard for the economic system — J.M.Clark >
  < exacting specifications >
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