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

• I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie's rather plodding pace.
  电影的节奏相当缓慢，确实让我有点不耐烦。
• A quiet plodding horse.
  安静进行单调沉重劳动的马。
• 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。
• With luck China will combine its precocity in economic development with a plodding conservatism in economic diplomacy.
  中国很幸运将其经济发展的早熟与经济外交的保守主义想结合。
• A little girl in bare feet was plodding through the snow.
  一个赤足的小女孩艰辛地在雪地上走着。
• The US economy, while hardly in top shape, is at least plodding ahead, while the eurozone is wobbling on the edge of a cliff.
  美国经济虽然不在最佳状态，但至少在缓慢前行，而欧元区经济则处于岌岌可危的悬崖边上。
• 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。
• 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。
• They're happy plodding along slowly and creating this perception of a space race.
  他们愉快地缓慢前行，形成太空竞赛的感观。
• If you adopt the plodding, methodical approach I describe, you will probably have your program operating the first time.
  假如你采纳我建议的放慢脚步、有条不紊的方式，你将很可能第一次尝试就能获得自己的程序操作。