Word · Frequency #18636
laboriously
辛苦地；费力地；不流畅地
in a laborious manner
- 1.
With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
付出巨大努力地；费力地。
付出巨大努力地；费力地。
In use
She laboriously copied every word of the report by hand.
He laboriously climbed the steep hill with a heavy backpack.
They laboriously sorted through hundreds of old files to find the document.
laboriously + verb
本结构把 laboriously 放在动词前，强调动作本身非常费力且缓慢。
She laboriously cleaned every corner of the kitchen.
她费力地把厨房的每个角落都擦干净了。
verb + laboriously
当动词后没有宾语时，laboriously 常紧跟在动词之后。
They marched laboriously through the mud.
他们在泥泞中费力地行进。
be laboriously + past participle
被动语态中，laboriously 放在过去分词之前，突出完成该动作所付出的巨大努力。
The document was laboriously translated into three languages.
这份文件被费力地翻译成了三种语言。
Common mistakes
He laborious carried the heavy box up the stairs.He laboriously carried the heavy box up the stairs.
修饰动词 carried 要用副词 laboriously；laborious 是形容词，只能修饰名词。中文的“费力地”是副词，不能说成 laborious。
The climb was laboriously.The climb was laborious.
系动词 was 后面需要形容词作表语，laboriously 是副词，不能单独作表语。表示“费力的”要用形容词 laborious。
Connections
Collocations
- work laboriously
- 辛苦地工作
- She worked laboriously on her thesis for months.她为写论文辛苦工作了几个月。
- climb laboriously
- 费力地攀登
- The hikers climbed laboriously up the steep mountain path.徒步者们沿着陡峭的山路费力地攀登。
- breathe laboriously
- 费力地呼吸
- After the long run, he was breathing laboriously.长跑之后，他费力地喘着气。
- write laboriously
- 吃力地写
- He laboriously wrote each character by hand.他吃力地手写每一个汉字。
Synonyms
- painstakingly
- 极其仔细地；煞费苦心地 · 强调做事极其仔细、周到；若语境只表示费力而不涉及细心，不宜替换。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 labor（劳动）：laboriously 指做事像干重活一样，辛苦又费力。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary description 该词比较正式，多用于书面语或文学叙述中，强调动作缓慢且费力；日常口语中通常不单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
laboriously 读作 /ləˈbɔːriəsli/。真正押韵的是 /ɔːriəsli/ 这一组：gloriously、victoriously、notoriously、uproariously。注意 seriously（/ˈsɪriəsli/）和 curiously（/ˈkjʊriəsli/）拼写也以 -iously 结尾，但重读元音不同，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.