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plodding

/plod/US // plɒd //UK // (plɒd) //

步履蹒跚,步履蹒跚的,缓慢的,蹒跚而行

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    plod·ded, plod·ding.

    • : to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
    • : to proceed in a tediously slow manner: The play just plodded along in the second act.
    • : to work with constant and monotonous perseverance; drudge.
v.有主动词 verb
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    plod·ded, plod·ding.

    • : to walk heavily over or along.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act or a course of plodding.
    • : a sound of a heavy tread.

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Examples

  • And the plodding pace of the French justice system has a way of interfering with career plans, no matter what the ultimate ruling.

  • The tunes might be used to bang the drum to, but they provide a plodding pulse for American stamina.

  • Whereas in a notebook I just keep plodding along, slowly, accumulating sentences, sometimes even surprising myself.

  • The fact that such views got airtime on a major network almost made the night's whole plodding exercise worthwhile.

  • The forensic evidence was, as usual, presented in a scientifically plodding manner.

  • Thus it lightens the toil of the weary laborer plodding along the highway of life.

  • I was plodding up the river, when I heard Gordon shouting two or three hundred yards behind.

  • Lamb had already decided he would give it to him as he came plodding his smug little way home some evening.

  • There were plodding lines of people, disciplined, carrying burdens, no bigger than ants at this distance.

  • Free to explore that weird city of plodding lives, of strange unexplained sounds, of ominously hidden activity!