plodding

[US]/'plɔdiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 單調乏味的;沉重緩慢的
v. 沉重地走;辛勤工作
Word Forms
現在分詞plodding
複數ploddings

Example Sentences

a plodding comedy drama.

一出緩慢而乏味的喜劇。

They’re still plodding along with their investigation.

他們仍然在不厭其煩地進行調查。

we were plodding through a textbook.

我們孜孜不倦地學習教科書。

plodding through a mountain of paperwork.

在成堆的文件中埋頭苦幹

Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way.

卓別林走起路來腳朝外。

Keep plodding on — you’ll soon be finished!

堅持幹吧—就快做完啦!

Real-world Examples

So plodding means that the pace is not good.

所以步履蹣跚意味着節奏不好。

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

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

我不喜歡情節乏味的電視節目。

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

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

而達爾文的理論則是十幾年仔細研究、周密思考的結果。

Source: A Brief History of Everything

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

啊,你這慢吞吞地小東西!”利奇喊道,“你永遠也趕不上我。

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.

當然也不是我們想象中那些長頸蜥腳類那樣蹣跚踱步。

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.

從1985年開始,法國南部一個叫做ITER的項目艱難地執行着熱核反應堆的計劃。

Source: VOA Standard Speed April 2016 Compilation

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

相反,他發現美國國防巨頭的某些部分是多麼單調乏味。

Source: Economist Business

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

狄更斯不僅喜歡自己的作品,更喜歡寫作本身。

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.

與此同時,真正的政變是用坦克佔領總統府,而不是在冗長的國會聽證會上提供專家證詞。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Many people thought he seemed slow and plodding.

許多人認爲他看起來緩慢而乏味。

Source: who was series

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