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词汇 belaboured
释义 belaboured
past simple and past participle ofbelabour
belabour
verb[ T ]
UKformal(USbelabor)uk /bɪˈleɪ.bər/ us /bɪˈleɪ.bɚ/

belabourverb[T] (EXPLAIN)


to explain something more than necessary: 过多地说明
There's no need to belabour the point.不必过多强调这一点。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Defining & explaining
account (to someone) for something
accountability
adumbrate
adumbration
annotation
annotator
belabour
demythologize
excuse
extenuate
indefinably
indescribably
inexpressibly
justificatory
lay something out
outline
sketch
spell
walk through something
what is he, are they, etc. like?idiom

belabourverb[T] (HIT)


old-fashioned
to hit someone or something hard and repeatedly: 痛打
She belaboured him with her walking stick.她用拐杖把他痛打了一顿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hitting and beating
at-risk
bang away
bang someone up
basher
bashing
bunch
butt
fetch
gut punch
head-butt
hell
kick
mess
nail
swing
tan someone's hideidiom
tonk
wallop
whop
whup

belabourverb[T] (CRITICIZE)


UK
to criticize someone批评
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Disapproving & criticizing
anathematize
animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
disapprobation
knock
knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
pile
poorly
slam
there you goidiom
union-basher

Examples of belaboured


belaboured

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


That seems to me to be a very odd thing to be belaboured for.
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He is a gentleman who has been belaboured a great deal in recent weeks.
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No doubt, she would also have been belaboured for taking the decision on her own.
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The point is not improved by being belaboured.
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What has he been belaboured for?
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I believe that this control, belaboured as it is by its opponents, is a useful tool of regional planning, and should be maintained for that purpose.
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No one belaboured the question of colour.
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That was a rather belaboured remark.
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