| 词汇 | belabouring |
| 释义 | belabouring present 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。 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。 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 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 belabouringbelabouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. So it could seem as though it might almost be belabouring the point unnecessarily to parade our case once again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen little girls belabouring their horses or ponies because they have come off them at a jump. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know why they devoted so large a portion of their speeches to labouring and belabouring that point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a pity if we were all to spend the rest of the century belabouring each other because a very obvious situation exists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it can be done without one side belabouring the other for years of maladministration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The normal practice is to have the animal on a halter belabouring the beast on the nose to slow it down and one behind driving it on with a stick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many decent citizens who feel they have to use private cars because of the difficulties in regard to transport that we are at the present moment belabouring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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