onerous

英 [ˈəʊnərəs]

美 [ˈoʊnərəs]

adj.  费力的; 艰巨的; 令人焦虑的

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13976 / COCA.15400

牛津词典

adj.

• 费力的；艰巨的；令人焦虑的
  needing great effort; causing trouble or worry
  1. an onerous duty/task/responsibility
     繁重的义务 / 工作 / 职责

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （任务）繁重的，艰巨的，麻烦的
  If you describe a task asonerous, you dislike having to do it because you find it difficult or unpleasant.
  1. ...parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a very difficult child.
     曾经辛辛苦苦地养育过任性难缠的孩子的父母亲

英英释义

adj

• not easily borne
  1. the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return
  2. my duties weren't onerou
  3. a taxing schedule
  Synonym:burdensometaxing

双语例句

• I've disliked variable annuities for many years because of their high fees and onerous surrender penalties.
  我已经不喜欢可变年金多年，因为他们的高收费和繁琐的投降处罚。
• Obviously, Groovy's first class support for closures makes some tasks that are onerous in Java a breeze.
  Groovy一流的闭包支持，让一些在Java中十分艰巨的任务变得轻而易举。
• Increasing demand is not an onerous duty. Consuming more is hardly a chore.
  扩大需求并非繁重的责任，增加消费也算不上苦差。
• Literacy education will continue to be a period of time in the future Chinese education is quite onerous task.
  扫盲教育仍将是未来一段时间中国教育工作中相当繁重的任务。
• The burden of impending European solvency 2 regulations on the insurance industry would become less onerous.
  即将对保险业实施监管的“欧盟偿付能力Ⅱ”的负担会变得不再那么繁重。
• But it leaves the government with the even more onerous task of imposing effective regulation in future.
  但政府将面临甚至更为繁重的任务：在未来实施有效的监管。
• In many countries planning restrictions have become more onerous since uranium's heyday in the1970s.
  在许多国家，自上世纪70年代铀全盛期以来，限制的实施业已变得更为艰难。
• Burmese traders also confront onerous paperwork and working capital requirements to trade.
  缅甸交易商对繁冗的文件和贸易运营资本要求也十分抵触。
• But the scope and cost of data warehouse efforts were frequently onerous.
  但是数据仓库工作的范围和成本常常是巨大的。
• The work is so onerous that I could hardly earn one minute from daytime for a rest!
  工作如此繁重，以至于白天很难有哪怕是一分钟的休息时间！