英语词汇“tedium”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	tedium
例句	tedium noun 1.•she loathed the tedium of housework:monotony, boredom, ennui, uniformity, routine, dreariness, dryness, banality, vapidity, insipidity. ANT variety. 2.•I dozed off during the tedium of the third act:tedious passage, tedious moments, tedious period of time, flatness, longueur.WORD NOTE longueur I find myself using this word more often than I probably should, to describe those boring stretches of a novel or play during which your attention drifts, and you catch yourself wondering what's in the refrigerator, or if there's anything good on TV. •The five-hundred word meditation on the author's dietary preferences certainly had its longueurs. I would probably use it even more frequently were it not so difficult to spell. What I like is how the sound of it suggests a combination of languor and length —the languor produced by something that is unduly long—though I have learned that its derivation has to do with length rather than lassitude. — FPConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.
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