onerous
英 [ˈəʊ.nər.əs]
美 [ˈɑː.nɚ.əs]
- adj. 繁重的;麻烦的;负有义务的;负有法律责任的
记忆“onerous”这个词,可以将其分解为“on”加上“erous”。想象一个人(on)在承担(erous)一个繁重的任务,这样“onerous”就可以联想到负担重或责任大的意思。
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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。
- 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).
- 1. My household duties were not particularly onerous.
- 我的家务活并不繁重.
- 2. This obligation sometimes proves onerous.
- 这一义务有时被证明是艰巨的.
- 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.
- 4. This is the most onerous task I have ever undertaken.
- 这是我承担过的最艰巨的任务.
- 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.