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单词 cumbersome
释义
cumbersome
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌm.bə.səm/us
/ˈkʌm.bɚ.səm/
awkwardbecause of beinglarge,heavy, or noteffective:
笨重的；累赘的；低效的
cumbersomeequipment笨重的设备
cumbersomebureaucracy繁琐的官僚体制
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Thick, dense and heavy
(Definition ofcumbersomefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cumbersome| American Dictionary

cumbersome
adjective
us
/ˈkʌm·bər·səm/
difficultto do ormanageand taking a lot oftimeandeffort:
Critics say that theprocessforamendingthe Constitution is cumbersome, butothersdefendit.
(Definition ofcumbersomefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcumbersome

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Analytically comparing these expressions with the solutions for stochastic prices proves to becumbersome.
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The book is unfortunately marred by technical and editing problems-repetition, grammatical slips, stylisticallycumbersomepassages, and weak internal organization of some chapters.
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This was acumbersomeprocess and made more difficult as the drugs were listed exactly as recorded on the coroner's certificate.
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To compute the correlation of higher moments, for example squared and absolute returns as a proxy for the volatility, is a morecumbersometask.
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Southern lawmakers designed highlycumbersomeprocedures by which soldiers could apply for, receive, and file ballots.
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An extended comparative study of language support for generic programming 185cumbersome.
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Yet, even if knowledge concerning abnormal behaviour is available, exhaustive description may be sometimes toocumbersomecompared with a model of normal behaviour.
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The chosen topological landmarks must occur frequently enough to specify routes accurately, but not so frequently that the plan becomescumbersomeor complicated.
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This approach allows faster initial deployment, but maintenance of the application becomescumbersomewith a growing number of cases.
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This is problematic, as it iscumbersometo teach a phenomenon when the data needs to be prefaced with a caveat.
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However, the major drawback of immunoblot analysis is that the procedure is relativelycumbersomeand requires an appropriately equipped laboratory.
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The "two nonattending physicians" approach, however, is bothcumbersomeand at odds with professional standards.
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Indeed, although such a formula is easy to create for a small number of tasks, it can becomecumbersomeif there are many tasks3.
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When using these techniques for sound composition, the composer must also possess skills in physics to even begin; the concepts quickly becomecumbersomeand misleading.
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Besides being incidental rather than central, such problems are endemic to thecumbersomenature of the material itself.
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