onerous

英 [ˈəʊnərəs]

美 [ˈoʊnərəs]

adj.  费力的; 艰巨的; 令人焦虑的

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13976 / COCA.15400

牛津词典

adj.

• 费力的；艰巨的；令人焦虑的
  needing great effort; causing trouble or worry
  1. an onerous duty/task/responsibility
     繁重的义务 / 工作 / 职责

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （任务）繁重的，艰巨的，麻烦的
  If you describe a task asonerous, you dislike having to do it because you find it difficult or unpleasant.
  1. ...parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a very difficult child.
     曾经辛辛苦苦地养育过任性难缠的孩子的父母亲

英英释义

adj

• not easily borne
  1. the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return
  2. my duties weren't onerou
  3. a taxing schedule
  Synonym:burdensometaxing

双语例句

• The burden of impending European solvency 2 regulations on the insurance industry would become less onerous.
  即将对保险业实施监管的“欧盟偿付能力Ⅱ”的负担会变得不再那么繁重。
• It is an increasingly onerous cost of doing business here that many companies are finding harder to bear.
  这是在华经营中一项日益繁重的成本，许多企业都发现该成本越来越难以承受。
• Cleaning them and maintaining them can be an onerous task because each material requires a different type of care.
  清洗和维护他们可以成为他们繁重的任务，因为每个材料需要不同类型的照顾。
• They say onerous requirements for passwords have given us a false sense of protection against potential attacks.
  他们认为密码过分的要求给了我们抵御潜在攻击的虚假的安全感。
• Recession, onerous interest payment schedules, and severe fiscal adjustment measures can quickly make debt levels unsustainable.
  不景气的经济、沉重的利息支出、艰巨的财政调整措施，都能让债务水平很快上升到难以为继的水平。
• My household duties were not particularly onerous.
  我的家务活并不繁重。
• The work is so onerous that I could hardly earn one minute from daytime for a rest!
  工作如此繁重，以至于白天很难有哪怕是一分钟的休息时间！
• By automatically classifying MCG data, we can reduce the onerous manual work and find some useful rules.
  对MCG测量数据进行自动分类，可以减少人工分析，快速找出数据的有用规律。
• Burmese traders also confront onerous paperwork and working capital requirements to trade.
  缅甸交易商对繁冗的文件和贸易运营资本要求也十分抵触。
• After the recent introduction of onerous new obligations, they are likely to face more.
  在最近凭添了繁重的新任务之后，他们可能面对更多的考验。