onerous
onerous 英 [ˈəʊnərəs] 美 [ˈɑnərəs]
adj. 繁重的；麻烦的；负有义务的；负有法律责任的
- If one teacher gives you three hours of homework a night, that's rough. But if all of your teachers do it, that makes the task of completing your homework an onerous one, to say the least. If something is onerous, it is very difficult to deal with or do.
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- adj. 繁重的；麻烦的；负有义务的；负有法律责任的
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1. Typically, the numbers turn green (apparently improve) until the team figures out how to escape such an onerous task.
一般直到团队找出如何逃脱这种繁重工作时，数字才变为绿色（表面上改进）。
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2. These mappings will be implemented in the chosen middleware but should not be so onerous as to introduce major performance issues.
这些映射将在所选的中间件中实现，但不应该像引入主要性能问题那样麻烦。
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3. Why not make 2011 the year China proves it's not afraid of criticism and loosen some of its onerous restrictions on freedom of expression?
为什么中国不能在2011年里证明自己对批评并不恐惧，并且也能够放松其对自由言论表达的一些繁重的限制呢？
- onerous (adj.) late 14c., from Old French onereus, honereus (14c., Modern French onéreux) and directly from Latin onerosus, from onus (genitive oneris) "burden" (see onus).
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