plodding是什么意思？

plodding

英[ˈplɒdɪŋ] 美[ˈplɑdɪŋ]

• adj. 沉重缓慢的，单调乏味的；
• v. 沉重缓慢地走（路）( plod的现在分词 )，努力从事，沉闷地苦干，缓慢进行（尤指艰难枯燥的工作）；

例句

• They’re still plodding along with their investigation. 他们仍然在不厌其烦地进行调查。
• Keep plodding on — you’ll soon be finished! 坚持干吧—就快做完啦！
• He's plodding away day and night. 他一天到晚在勤苦工作.
• The plot unfolds at a plodding pace. 情节缓慢展开。
• I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie's rather plodding pace. 电影的节奏相当缓慢，确实让我有点不耐烦。
• He is plodding on with negotiations... 他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  沉重缓慢地走；步履艰难地走
  If someone plods, they walk slowly and heavily.
  例句
  Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs. 成群结队的法国和英国家庭穿着黄色塑料雨衣步履沉重地走来走去。
• VERB
  缓慢地进行
  If you say that someone plods on or plods along with a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time.
  例句
  He is plodding on with negotiations... 他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。 Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace. 飞机制造业仍旧举步维艰，发展速度之缓很让人头疼。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. hard monotonous routine work
  2. the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
• Adjective
  1. (of movement) slow and laborious;
  "leaden steps"