tedium是什么意思？

tedium

英[ˈti:diəm] 美[ˈtidiəm]

• n. 单调乏味，令人生厌，冗长；

例句

• We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey. 我们玩游戏,来解除旅行的沉闷。
• The stink of exhaust, the mind - numbing tedium of traffic , parking lots blighting central city real estate. 排气管散发的难闻气味; 让人麻木的交通拥堵;妨碍中心城市房地产的停车场.
• In myself I could observe the following sources of tedium. 从我自己身上,我所观察到的烦闷的根源有下列一些.
• She longed for something to relieve the tedium of everyday life. 她渴望有什么事情能排解她日常生活中的烦闷。
• She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job. 她开始怀疑自己会不会被枯燥的工作逼疯。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  枯燥;乏味;无聊
  If you talk about the tedium of a job, task, or situation, you think it is boring and rather frustrating.
  例句
  She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job. 她开始怀疑自己会不会被枯燥的工作逼疯。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  单调乏味,令人生厌,冗长
  We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey. 我们玩游戏,来解除旅行的沉闷。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  2. dullness owing to length or slowness