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

• Many of you will be freed from onerous responsibilities for somebody or something.
  很多处处将从对某人或某事的繁重责任解脱出来。
• In many countries planning restrictions have become more onerous since uranium's heyday in the1970s.
  在许多国家，自上世纪70年代铀全盛期以来，限制的实施业已变得更为艰难。
• 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。
• Increasing demand is not an onerous duty. Consuming more is hardly a chore.
  扩大需求并非繁重的责任，增加消费也算不上苦差。
• My household duties were not particularly onerous.
  我的家务活并不繁重。
• But the scope and cost of data warehouse efforts were frequently onerous.
  但是数据仓库工作的范围和成本常常是巨大的。
• To avoid onerous tax bills and tax hassles, try to confine any selling to your retirement accounts.
  为避免沉重的税金和复杂的税务问题，尽量把所有抛售都限制在退休账户中进行。
• 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。
• By automatically classifying MCG data, we can reduce the onerous manual work and find some useful rules.
  对MCG测量数据进行自动分类，可以减少人工分析，快速找出数据的有用规律。
• 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。