long-winded

英 [ˌlɒŋ ˈwɪndɪd]

美 [ˌlɔːŋ ˈwɪndɪd]

adj.  冗长枯燥的; 啰唆的; 唠唠叨叨的

GRE

牛津词典

adj.

• 冗长枯燥的；啰唆的；唠唠叨叨的
  continuing for too long and therefore boring

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 长篇累牍的；冗长的；啰的
  If you describe something that is written or said aslong-winded, you are critical of it because it is longer than necessary.
  1. The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted...
     宣言长篇大论，内容叠床架屋，词句常常含混不清或不知所云。
  2. I hope I'm not being too long-winded.
     我希望我不是太啰。

英英释义

adj

• using or containing too many words
  1. long-winded (or windy) speakers
  2. verbose and ineffective instructional methods
  3. newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
  4. proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
  Synonym:tediousverbosewindywordy

双语例句

• While litigation may be long-winded and expensive, the settlement route poses troubling questions.
  虽说诉讼很可能过程冗长、代价不菲，但和解也会带来棘手问题。
• The articles are long-winded and devoid of substance.
  这些文章空话连篇。
• She is really long-winded.
  她可真絮叨。
• A lot of American newspaper journalism strikes me as self-reverential, long-winded, over-edited and stuffy.
  很多美国报纸的新闻文章给我以自我欣赏、冗长、编辑过度和傲慢的感觉。
• Those two examples used the low-level D-BUS library, which is complete but can be long-winded to use when you want to create services and many objects.
  那两个示例使用了低层的D-BUS程序库，这个程序库是完全的，但是当您想创建服务和很多对象时，使用起来冗长得令人厌倦。
• I wish Mike would stop telling those long-winded jokes-they're seldom funny anyway.
  我希望麦克会停止讲那些冗长的笑话了，那些笑话很少会引人发笑。
• Professor tom's lecture was boring as well as long-winded.
  汤姆教授的讲座冗长且乏味。
• Heavily documented, the book is long-winded and verbose.
  此书引证过多，文字繁芜。
• My eyes start to glaze over the moment he begins his long-winded speech.
  他一开始长篇大论，我就觉得眼皮发沉。
• The present might be compared to a long-winded film from which memory and anticipation select photographic highlights.
  现实生活正像是缠绕在一起的长长的胶卷，我们的回忆和期待只不过是选择其中的精彩片段。