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

• For better or worse, western countries are also engaged in this complex, onerous mission.
  无论后果是好是坏，西方国家也参与了这项复杂而艰巨的任务。
• My household duties were not particularly onerous.
  我的家务活并不繁重。
• 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。
• 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。
• More people of this calibre make dealing with government departments a pleasure and not an onerous task.
  希望更多像马女士这样的人让我们感到来政府部门办事很愉快，而不会觉得是让人头痛的问题。
• The onerous nature of these and other COPPA provisions explains why social networks have tended to shun the young.
  COPPA的上述规定及其它条款繁琐复杂，这就使得社交网络都刻意避开年轻客户。
• 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！
• While Chan was overloaded with work, his burden should not have been particularly onerous.
  他的另一位前上司在庭上说虽然他的工作量过多，但他的职责一直不是特别繁重。
• Also, government loans are more likely to have onerous terms such as prepayment penalties.
  当然，政府贷款更可能包括一些繁苛的条款，比如说提前预付罚金。
• 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。