英语单词“overlaboured”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 overlaboured 释义 overlabouredadjectiveUK(alsoover-laboured);(USoverlabored)uk/???.v??le?.b?d/us/?o?.v??le?.b?d/Something that is overlabouredtriestoo hard to be good,interesting, etc. :Themetaphorof love'sgameneversoundsoverlaboured.Themenusoundsa little over-laboured, a little toocomplicated, andlackinginfoodswe haveheardof.

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• He has aslightlyoverlabouredstyleof writing whichsoundsboth toomanneredand tootransparent.
• Herclothesare alwayselaborate, but never overlaboured.
• Although in someplacesa littleobscureand overlaboured, thedescriptivepassagesaresoftandbeautiful.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Tedious and uninspiring

• anonymous
• banal
• basic
• be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
• bland
• lifelessness
• marginal
• marmoreal
• meh
• menial
• slow
• soulless
• spinach
• staid
• stale
• staleness
• stuffy
• tame
• turgid
• worthy

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