plodding

[US]/'plɔdiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 单调乏味的;沉重缓慢的
v. 沉重地走;辛勤工作
Word Forms
现在分词plodding
复数ploddings

Example Sentences

a plodding comedy drama.

一出缓慢而乏味的喜剧。

They’re still plodding along with their investigation.

他们仍然在不厌其烦地进行调查。

we were plodding through a textbook.

我们孜孜不倦地学习教科书。

plodding through a mountain of paperwork.

在成堆的文件中埋头苦干

Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way.

卓别林走起路来脚朝外。

Keep plodding on — you’ll soon be finished!

坚持干吧—就快做完啦!

Real-world Examples

So plodding means that the pace is not good.

所以步履蹒跚意味着节奏不好。

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

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

我不喜欢情节乏味的电视节目。

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

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

而达尔文的理论则是十几年仔细研究、周密思考的结果。

Source: A Brief History of Everything

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

啊,你这慢吞吞地小东西!”利奇喊道,“你永远也赶不上我。

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.

当然也不是我们想象中那些长颈蜥脚类那样蹒跚踱步。

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.

从1985年开始,法国南部一个叫做ITER的项目艰难地执行着热核反应堆的计划。

Source: VOA Standard Speed April 2016 Compilation

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

相反,他发现美国国防巨头的某些部分是多么单调乏味。

Source: Economist Business

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

狄更斯不仅喜欢自己的作品,更喜欢写作本身。

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.

与此同时,真正的政变是用坦克占领总统府,而不是在冗长的国会听证会上提供专家证词。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Many people thought he seemed slow and plodding.

许多人认为他看起来缓慢而乏味。

Source: who was series

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