cumbersome

英 [ˈkʌmbəsəm]

美 [ˈkʌmbərsəm]

adj.  大而笨重的; 难以携带的; 缓慢复杂的; 冗长的; 累赘的; 复杂的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11172 / COCA.12228

牛津词典

adj.

• 大而笨重的；难以携带的
  large and heavy; difficult to carry
  1. cumbersome machinery
     笨重的机器
• 缓慢复杂的
  slow and complicated
  1. cumbersome legal procedures
     繁琐的法律程序
• 冗长的；累赘的；复杂的
  long or complicated
  1. The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
     这家机构把它那复杂累赘的名称改得好记一些了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 大而笨重的;难以携带的
  Something that iscumbersomeis large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
  1. Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use.
     尽管这台机器看上去很笨重，操作起来却很容易。
  2. ...muffled up in thick and cumbersome clothing.
     身上裹着厚重的衣服
• ADJ-GRADED 复杂而低效的
  Acumbersomesystem or process is very complicated and inefficient.
  1. ...an old and cumbersome computer system...
     过时而且低效的计算机系统
  2. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
     提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。

英英释义

adj

• not elegant or graceful in expression
  1. an awkward prose style
  2. a clumsy apology
  3. his cumbersome writing style
  4. if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
  Synonym:awkwardclumsyinaptineptill-chosen
• difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
  1. a cumbersome piece of machinery
  2. cumbrous protective clothing
  Synonym:cumbrous

双语例句

• They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy
  他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
• People needs to carrying a cumbersome big guy to protect his no longer now, this is very good.
  现在人们不再需要扛着个笨重的大家伙保护自己了，这很好。
• This is a necessary stop to avoid a more cumbersome method of operation.
  这是一个必要制止，以避免更多的麻烦，操作方法。
• For quick prototyping or playing with some new API, typing'go'each time was very cumbersome.
  为了某些快速的原型开发或者试用一些新的API，每次都键入“go”是非常累赘的。
• Various method have been used for the disposal of this cumbersome material.
  对这种讨厌的材料处置曾采用各种方法。
• This trunk is too cumbersome to carry.
  这箱子太榔槺，没法儿带。
• XPath can help eliminate the cumbersome task of locating and parsing data within XML.
  XPath可帮助解决在XML中定位和解析数据的繁琐工作。
• The old woman dangled several cumbersome big bags in her hand.
  老太太滴里嘟噜拎了好几个大包。
• Was equally cumbersome and hard to move.
  也是同样的笨重和难以搬动。
• Rather than an obsession with procedure and cumbersome governance, they should embrace trade-offs and compromise.
  他们不应该迷恋程序和繁冗的管理方式，而应该学会权衡和妥协。