英语单词

belabor是什么意思

belabor

英 [bɪ'lebə] 美
  • vt. 痛打;抨击;过度说明;反复讨论

中文词源


belabor 一再强调

前缀be-, 强调。labor, 劳动,努力。即努力争取的,反复强调的。

英文词源


belabor (v.)
1590s, "to exert one's strength upon," from be- + labor (v.). But figurative sense of "assail with words" is attested somewhat earlier (1590s); and belabored is attested from mid-15c. with a sense of "tilled, cultivated."

双语例句


1. Don't belabor the point.
别再罗嗦这事儿了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.
他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。

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