cumbersome
英 ['k?mb?s(?)m]
美
- adj. 笨重的；累贅的；難處理的
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中文詞源
cumbersome 大而笨重的
來自cumber,拖累。
英文詞源
- cumbersome (adj.)
- late 14c., from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.
雙語例句
- 1. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
- 提議的規章制度闡述不清、復雜低效，而且可能會帶來不必要的過高花費。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
- 我們的情報部門人員缺乏訓練，機構臃腫，簡直毫無用處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
- 他們正努力精簡本來繁冗復雜的官僚體制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
- 這家機構把它那復雜累贅的名稱改得好記一些了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. It's rather cumbersome having to carry all these cases around.
- 把這些箱子都帶著走動是件相當麻煩的事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》