cumbersome
英 ['kʌmbəs(ə)m] 美
| 近义词 | awkward 、 clumsy 、 unmanageable 、 troublesome 、 burdensome 、 bulky | ||
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- adj. 笨重的；累赘的；难处理的
中文词源
cumbersome 大而笨重的
来自cumber,拖累。
英文词源
- cumbersome (adj.)
- late 14c., from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.
双语例句
- 1. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
- 提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
- 我们的情报部门人员缺乏训练，机构臃肿，简直毫无用处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
- 他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
- 这家机构把它那复杂累赘的名称改得好记一些了。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. It's rather cumbersome having to carry all these cases around.
- 把这些箱子都带着走动是件相当麻烦的事.
来自《简明英汉词典》