onerous
英 ['əʊn(ə)rəs; 'ɒn-]
美 ['ɑnərəs]
- adj. 繁重的；麻烦的；负有义务的；负有法律责任的
中文词源
onerous 费力的，艰巨的来自拉丁语onus的所有格oneris,负担，重担，词源同onus.引申词义费力的，艰巨的。
英文词源
- onerous (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French onereus, honereus (14c., Modern French onéreux) and directly from Latin onerosus, from onus (genitive oneris) "burden" (see onus).
双语例句
- 1. My household duties were not particularly onerous.
- 我的家务活并不繁重.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. This obligation sometimes proves onerous.
- 这一义务有时被证明是艰巨的.
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- 3. She desired a fixed occupation - no matter how onerous, how irksome.
- 她希望有个固定的职业,不管这个职业多么繁重, 多么令人厌倦.
来自辞典例句
- 4. This is the most onerous task I have ever undertaken.
- 这是我承担过的最艰巨的任务.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The job had become reduced quickly to its onerous humiliating routine.
- 他的工作很快就缩小到只剩些烦琐的例行公事,干着也觉得很不光彩.
来自辞典例句