plodding

英 [ˈplɒdɪŋ]

美 [ˈplɑːdɪŋ]

adj.  老牛拖破车似的; 做事慎重而呆板的
v.  艰难地行走; 吃力地行进
plod的现在分词

现在分词：plodding　

BNC.34617 / COCA.29300

牛津词典

adj.

• 老牛拖破车似的；做事慎重而呆板的
  working or doing sth slowly and steadily, especially in a way that other people think is boring

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉重缓慢地走；步履艰难地走
  If someoneplods, they walk slowly and heavily.
  1. Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs.
     成群结队的法国和英国家庭穿着黄色塑料雨衣步履沉重地走来走去。
• VERB 缓慢地进行
  If you say that someoneplods onorplods alongwith a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time.
  1. He is plodding on with negotiations...
     他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。
  2. Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace.
     飞机制造业仍旧举步维艰，发展速度之缓很让人头疼。

英英释义

noun

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
  1. I could recognize his plod anywhere
  Synonym:plod
• hard monotonous routine work
  Synonym:drudgerygrinddonkeywork

adj

• (of movement) slow and laborious
  1. leaden steps
  Synonym:leaden

双语例句

• Heck, if those boring Spurs win another title at least it will be because of a guard who can penetrate, and not that plodding Tim Duncan.
  如果那些乏味、令人厌烦的马刺球员再次赢得总冠军，至少那将归功于一个可以突破的后卫，而不是那个脚步缓慢、单调乏味的蒂姆·邓肯。
• They're happy plodding along slowly and creating this perception of a space race.
  他们愉快地缓慢前行，形成太空竞赛的感观。
• Even her loyalty to Ashley could not make her believe he had been responsible for much of this well-being, for tara's bloom was not the work of a planter-aristocrat, but of the plodding, tireless "small farmer" who loved his land.
  她虽然对艾希礼是一片忠心，也不认为艾希礼为这兴旺景象作了多少贡献，因为塔拉的兴旺绝不是靠一位种田的贵族，而是靠一个热爱土地的“小农”的辛勤劳动。
• If you adopt the plodding, methodical approach I describe, you will probably have your program operating the first time.
  假如你采纳我建议的放慢脚步、有条不紊的方式，你将很可能第一次尝试就能获得自己的程序操作。
• He is plodding on with negotiations
  他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。
• He's plodding away day and night.
  他一天到晚在勤苦工作。
• That follows a much more plodding and analytic approach.
  它需要的是更平实和分析性的描述。
• The US economy, while hardly in top shape, is at least plodding ahead, while the eurozone is wobbling on the edge of a cliff.
  美国经济虽然不在最佳状态，但至少在缓慢前行，而欧元区经济则处于岌岌可危的悬崖边上。
• Two other passengers besides the one were plodding up the hill by the side of the mail.
  除了这人以外，别的两个乘客也跟在邮车旁边，艰苦地爬上山坡。
• A deliberate, perhaps plodding, decision-maker, he hated to be rushed into making changes and preferred to stick to his plan regardless of circumstances.
  作为一个深思熟虑，也许还有点步调拖沓的决策者，他不愿意迅速做出改变，而是无论环境如何变化，宁可坚持自己的计划。