belabor
- vt. 痛打;抨擊;過(guò)度說(shuō)明;反復(fù)討論
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
前綴be-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。labor, 勞動(dòng),努力。即努力爭(zhēng)取的,反復(fù)強(qiáng)調(diào)的。
英文詞源
- belabor (v.)
- 1590s, "to exert one's strength upon," from be- + labor (v.). But figurative sense of "assail with words" is attested somewhat earlier (1590s); and belabored is attested from mid-15c. with a sense of "tilled, cultivated."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Don't belabor the point.
- 別再羅嗦這事兒了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.
- 他看來(lái)在找一個(gè)假想的敵人來(lái)加以痛打。
來(lái)自辭典例句