2plod on/alongphrasal verbphr vto work slowly or make slow progress, especially in a way that is boring 缓慢地工作,苦干
For years he had plodded along in a series of boring office jobs.
多年来他一直埋头干着各种枯燥乏味的办公室工作。
Examples from the Corpus
plod on/along• Despite the riots caused by Mr Hani's murder, multi-party talks on a new constitution have plodded on.• I go to the gym in spite of myself, puffing and plodding along.• You either opt out or plod on and make the most of it.• I plodded along in the ditch.• We just plodded along like a bunch of sheep.• We are rarely content to plod along mechanically.• Capitin plodded on, old and remote.• The movie plods along with predictabletwists and turns you can see coming for miles.
plod through/up/across etc• Her husband said the petite woman had complained of fatigue as they plodded up a Canyon trail.• His father always favouredGeorge, he thought angrily as they plodded up the lane.• They plodded through the rain in an unhappysilence.• They plodded through the wholerange of routine questions.