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

• Will the team be able to find a balance between an all-out running attack and Elton Brand's plodding offense?
  球队是否已经找到了在快速进攻和埃尔顿-布兰德的慢打的平衡？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's plodding away day and night.
  他一天到晚在勤苦工作。
• A quiet plodding horse.
  安静进行单调沉重劳动的马。
• 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。
• Heck, if those boring Spurs win another title at least it will be because of a guard who can penetrate, and not that plodding Tim Duncan.
  如果那些乏味、令人厌烦的马刺球员再次赢得总冠军，至少那将归功于一个可以突破的后卫，而不是那个脚步缓慢、单调乏味的蒂姆·邓肯。
• 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。
• It may seem reckless, but what's really nice about this attitude is the emphasis on feeling something as you go through life, not simply plodding along.
  虽然他们的做法看起来是有点鲁莽，但是这才是生活的真谛，而不是简单的过日子。