belabouring
present participle ofbelabour
| 单词 | belabouring |
| 释义 | belabouring present participle ofbelabour belabour verb[T] UKformal(USbelabor)uk/bɪˈleɪ.bər/us/bɪˈleɪ.bɚ/belabourverb[T](EXPLAIN)toexplainsomething more thannecessary: There's no need to belabour thepoint. Defining & explaining
belabourverb[T](HIT)old-fashioned tohitsomeone or something hard andrepeatedly: She belaboured him with herwalkingstick. Hitting and beating
belabourverb[T](CRITICIZE)UK tocriticizesomeone Disapproving & criticizing
Examplesofbelabouringbelabouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Additional comments regarding domains and crucial precedence relations follow, withoutbelabouringobvious carry-overs from (55). From theCambridge English Corpus So it could seem as though it might almost bebelabouringthe point unnecessarily to parade our case once again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen little girlsbelabouringtheir horses or ponies because they have come off them at a jump. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know why they devoted so large a portion of their speeches to labouring andbelabouringthat point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a pity if we were all to spend the rest of the centurybelabouringeach other because a very obvious situation exists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it can be done without one sidebelabouringthe other for years of maladministration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The normal practice is to have the animal on a halterbelabouringthe beast on the nose to slow it down and one behind driving it on with a stick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many decent citizens who feel they have to use private cars because of the difficulties in regard to transport that we are at the present momentbelabouring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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