laborious

Definitions

labor (toil) + -ious (full of) = full of toil. It describes the task, not the worker: a laborious process is slow and exhausting to get through.

Common Collocations

• 1.laborious task费力的任务
• 2.laborious process费力的过程
• 3.laborious work费力的工作
• 4.slow and laborious缓慢而费力的

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Sorting the old records by hand was a laborious task.

• 2.

  Translating the entire manuscript was slow and laborious.

• 3.

  After a laborious climb, they finally reached the summit.

Easily Confused

laborious vs industrious — laborious describes how hard the work IS (a laborious task is exhausting). industrious describes a PERSON who works hard (an industrious student). A boring chore is laborious; a diligent worker is industrious — they are not interchangeable.