英语词汇“onerous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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