belabor

英 [bɪ'lebə]美

vt. 痛打；抨击；过度说明；反复讨论

中文词源

belabor 一再强调

前缀be-, 强调。labor, 劳动，努力。即努力争取的，反复强调的。

英文词源

belabor (v.)

1590s, "to exert one's strength upon," from be- + labor (v.). But figurative sense of "assail with words" is attested somewhat earlier (1590s); and belabored is attested from mid-15c. with a sense of "tilled, cultivated."

双语例句

1. Don't belabor the point.

别再罗嗦这事儿了.

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2. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.

他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。

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