词为我用 - cumbersome

词汇释义

cumbersome  TEM8TOEFL  GRE

UK  /ˈkʌm.bə.səm/ US  /ˈkʌm.bɚ.səm/

1. adj, Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.大而笨重的，难以携带的

2. adj, A cumbersome system or process is very complicated and inefficient.复杂而低效的

外刊例句

1. It involves a cumbersome process and sometimes all-night Senate sessions called “vote-a-ramas” as senators offer multiple amendments.(Seattle Times)

2. Researchers liken the current state of the technology to cellphones of the 1990s: useful, but crude and cumbersome.(New York Times)

3. MLA -- when enforcement authorities exchange information in different nations -- is a more cumbersome route to securing evidence than Section 2 notices.(Reuters)

4. Software developers say the Android process is cumbersome, though, and most customers do not use that option.(Seattle Times)

5. Such a structure would be far more cumbersome for state unemployment offices than the current system.(New York Times)

6. An administration official granted anonymity to discuss the private talks said the White House viewed the Senate GOP’s proposal as too “cumbersome” and the $200 boost as too high.(Seattle Times)

7. The staffing issues cap a cumbersome process that is adding red tape to U.S. manufacturing even as the Trump administration boasts of its deregulation efforts.(Washington Post)

8. The implementation of the tariffs illustrates how Trump’s interventionist impulses are creating a cumbersome, bureaucratic process with Washington sitting in the middle.(Washington Post)

9. U.S. shale companies are much more nimble than oil giants that rely on more cumbersome and time-consuming methods such as offshore drilling.(Wall Street Journal)

10. Many businesses pick white-label inspection and recycling firms to cut costs and avoid the hassle of managing a cumbersome operation.(The Verge)

11. The company is clearly aware of the fact that the large plastic blades are a cumbersome annoyance — both Disney and plenty of third-party sellers offer carrying bags.(The Verge)

12. The problem is when it’s dark and you need a flashlight, it’s cumbersome fumbling through the Control Center.(Fox News)

词汇搭配

cumbersome process, system, operation

词汇来源

late 14c., "burdensome, troublesome," from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, inconvenient, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Cumberless "free from care or encumbrance" (1580s) is rare. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.

近义词

heavy, awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, clunky, cranky, cumbrous, ponderous, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy

反义词

functional, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful, handy

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