plodding

[US]/'plɔdiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. kedelig og møjsommelig; langsom og tung
v. at gå langsomt med tunge skridt; at arbejde hårdt og jævnt
Word Forms
Present Participleplodding
Pluralploddings

Example Sentences

a plodding comedy drama.

en langsom komediedrama.

They’re still plodding along with their investigation.

De fortsætter stadig med at slæbe deres efterforskning afsted.

we were plodding through a textbook.

vi slæbte os igennem en lærebog.

plodding through a mountain of paperwork.

slæbende igennem en stor bunke papirarbejde.

Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way.

Scenebesat Charlie Chaplin slæbende hele vejen.

Keep plodding on — you’ll soon be finished!

Bliv ved med at slæbe - du er snart færdig!

Real-world Examples

So plodding means that the pace is not good.

Så betyder 'plodding', at tempoet ikke er godt.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

I don't like TV shows that have plodding plots.

Jeg kan ikke lide TV-serier, der har træge handlinger.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

Darwin's was the product of years of careful, plodding, methodical thought.

Darwins var et resultat af mange års omhyggelig, metodisk og ihærdig tænkning.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

Ah, you plodding little thing! cried Lizzy; you will never get up to me.

Åh, du ihærdige lille ting! udbrød Lizzy; du vil aldrig kunne følge med mig.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 2

Certainly not as sort of plodding as what we think many of the long-necked Sauropods were like.

Bestemt ikke så træge, som vi forestiller os, at mange af de langhalsede Sauropoder var.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Started in 1985, a project in Southern France called ITER is slowly plodding along with plans for a working fusion reactor.

ITER, et projekt i det sydlige Frankrig, der startede i 1985, er langsomt i gang med planer om en fungerende fusionsreaktor.

Source: VOA Standard Speed April 2016 Compilation

Instead he discovered just how plodding parts of the American defence juggernaut can be.

I stedet opdagede han, hvor træge dele af det amerikanske forsvar kan være.

Source: Economist Business

No plodding cultivator of a thankless Muse, Dickens enjoyed not only the fruits of his work but the work itself.

Han var ikke en træg dyrker af en utaknemmelig muse; Dickens nød ikke kun frugterne af sit arbejde, men selve arbejdet.

Source: Stories of World Celebrities: Literary Figures and Poets

Actual coups, meanwhile, involve the telegenic seizure of the presidential palace with tanks, not expert testimony in plodding congressional hearings.

Faktiske kup involverer i mellemtiden den telegeniske overtagelse af præsidentpaladset med tanks, ikke ekspertudsagn i træge kongresudvalgsmøder.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Many people thought he seemed slow and plodding.

Mange mennesker syntes, at han virkede langsom og træg.

Source: who was series

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