plodding

英 [ˈplɒdɪŋ]

美 [ˈplɑːdɪŋ]

adj.  老牛拖破车似的; 做事慎重而呆板的
v.  艰难地行走; 吃力地行进
plod的现在分词

现在分词：plodding　

BNC.34617 / COCA.29300

牛津词典

adj.

• 老牛拖破车似的；做事慎重而呆板的
  working or doing sth slowly and steadily, especially in a way that other people think is boring

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉重缓慢地走；步履艰难地走
  If someoneplods, they walk slowly and heavily.
  1. Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs.
     成群结队的法国和英国家庭穿着黄色塑料雨衣步履沉重地走来走去。
• VERB 缓慢地进行
  If you say that someoneplods onorplods alongwith a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time.
  1. He is plodding on with negotiations...
     他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。
  2. Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace.
     飞机制造业仍旧举步维艰，发展速度之缓很让人头疼。

英英释义

noun

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
  1. I could recognize his plod anywhere
  Synonym:plod
• hard monotonous routine work
  Synonym:drudgerygrinddonkeywork

adj

• (of movement) slow and laborious
  1. leaden steps
  Synonym:leaden

双语例句

• A plodding general miner, it may find it hard to haggle with the canny and highly knowledgeable dealers who are the prime customers for rough diamonds.
  对一个辛苦劳作的普通矿业公司来说，它会发现要与那些精明的和知识渊博的经销商讨价还价是很艰难的事，因为这些人都是毛坯钻石的黄金客户。
• Two other passengers besides the one were plodding up the hill by the side of the mail.
  除了这人以外，别的两个乘客也跟在邮车旁边，艰苦地爬上山坡。
• We all sit at our desks, plodding away in silence.
  我们都坐在桌子旁不做声地埋头苦干。
• The patient Bull won't have a problem plodding through educational books or drawn-out suspense thrillers.
  耐心的金牛座读枯燥的教育性书籍或漫长的悬念小说一点问题都没有。
• The old man was plodding wearily along the Bank of the river.
  老人拖着疲惫的步子沿着河岸走。
• He's plodding away day and night.
  他一天到晚在勤苦工作。
• She found herself plodding across the back of the auditorium, praying for guidance, to an empty seat.
  她发现自己缓慢的穿过了礼堂的后面，她祈祷有人指引她找到空位子。
• Even her loyalty to Ashley could not make her believe he had been responsible for much of this well-being, for tara's bloom was not the work of a planter-aristocrat, but of the plodding, tireless "small farmer" who loved his land.
  她虽然对艾希礼是一片忠心，也不认为艾希礼为这兴旺景象作了多少贡献，因为塔拉的兴旺绝不是靠一位种田的贵族，而是靠一个热爱土地的“小农”的辛勤劳动。
• She's one of those dull plodding people, who gets things done but has no imagination.
  她是个乏味苦干的人，虽能完成任务，但毫无想象力。
• That follows a much more plodding and analytic approach.
  它需要的是更平实和分析性的描述。