| 词汇 | ponderous |
| 释义 | ponderous adjective formal mainly disapprovinguk /ˈpɒn.dər.əs/ us /ˈpɑːn.dɚ.əs/ slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large: （因重或大而）行动迟缓的，笨拙的 He had a slow and ponderous manner.他的举止缓慢笨拙。 weighing more than normal heavyWow, this suitcase is really heavy. weightyThe shelves were full of large, oversized dictionaries and other weighty volumes. weigh a tonMy old laptop weighs a ton compared to this new table. super-heavyThey sell a midsize SUV, but their latest SUV is super-heavy. ultra-heavyShe bought an ultra-heavy motorcycle for long-distance rides. If a book, speech, or style of writing or speaking is ponderous, it is boring because it is too slow, long, or serious: （书、讲话或写作风格）严肃而乏味的，呆板的，生硬的 The ponderous reporting style makes the evening news dull viewing.沉闷的播音风格使晚间新闻看起来很乏味。 not interesting or exciting boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it. excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail. deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour! mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it. Thick, dense and heavy blocky cakey chunkily chunkiness chunky claggy dense densely heavily heaviness heftily hefty high density lumpen thicken thickening thickly thickness ultra-heavy weigh You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Tedious and uninspiring Related wordponderously ponderous | American Dictionaryponderous adjective us/ˈpɑn·dər·əs/ slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large, or (esp. of speech or writing) boring and difficult: a ponderous pace ponderous dialogue Examples of ponderousponderous They are overwhelmed with the details of their work, and complexities of the machinery of this ponderous organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought that, apart from other objections, that would have been extremely cumbersome and ponderous machinery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot cope with such a situation by the slow, ponderous processes of the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must wait while the machine functions in its own ponderous ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from the usual ponderous phrases and evasiveness, the answer was zero. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry if that phrase sounds a little ponderous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year, this lumbering, ponderous body could produce only six reports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many trade associations criticised the inadequacy, the ponderous nature and the unfairness of the old arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was untidy, ponderous and slow but was the best thing we had. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can well imagine the sort of language used by a driver if he has to go through a ponderous and pointless exercise like this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this would be an unnecessarily ponderous and provocative action at this particular moment of time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nationalisation of the gas industry is, in the columns of some of our more ponderous newspapers, regarded as a foregone conclusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The machinery is ponderous and it has, as yet, made no impression upon the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about ponderous and difficult vehicles, travelling at about 20 miles an hour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it really necessary to have such ponderous buildings for the assembling of files? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of ponderous 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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