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

• 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。
• We all sit at our desks, plodding away in silence.
  我们都坐在桌子旁不做声地埋头苦干。
• Returns in Hong Kong have been plodding compared with those in Shanghai and Shenzhen, but are still better than anywhere else.
  与沪市和深市的A股相比，H股收益一直不高，但仍好于其他任何市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is plodding on with negotiations
  他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。
• The patient Bull won't have a problem plodding through educational books or drawn-out suspense thrillers.
  耐心的金牛座读枯燥的教育性书籍或漫长的悬念小说一点问题都没有。
• A deliberate, perhaps plodding, decision-maker, he hated to be rushed into making changes and preferred to stick to his plan regardless of circumstances.
  作为一个深思熟虑，也许还有点步调拖沓的决策者，他不愿意迅速做出改变，而是无论环境如何变化，宁可坚持自己的计划。
• 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？
• While China has moved faster than some expected the pace is still plodding.
  尽管中国的行动已经快于一些人的预期，但步伐仍然缓慢。