
adj. 行动缓慢而沉重的;做事缓慢、单调但坚持不懈的。有时带有“乏味、缺乏想象力”的负面意味。
/pld/;/pld/
The horse moved at a plodding pace.
那匹马以缓慢沉重的步伐前进。
Although the lecture was plodding, the students still took careful notes because the material was important.
虽然讲座很沉闷拖沓,学生们仍然认真记笔记,因为内容很重要。
来自动词 plod,意为“沉重而缓慢地走”或“缓慢吃力地做事”。plodding 是其现在分词和形容词形式,逐渐引申为“缓慢、单调但持续”的状态。