cumbersome

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1 SLOWa process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult 〔过程或系统〕耗时的，累赘的

Doctors are complaining that the system is cumbersome and bureaucratic.

医生抱怨说该体制复杂繁琐，很官僚。

cumbersome procedures

繁琐的程序

2 HEAVYheavy and difficult to move 笨重的

a large cumbersome machine

大而笨重的机器

3. COMPLICATEDwords or phrases that are cumbersome are long or complicated 〔话语或措辞〕冗长的，晦涩的

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cumbersome• I used to have one of those old sewing machines, but it was too cumbersome.• Try dowsing without rods: it's much less cumbersome.• A shovel had been too slow and cumbersome.• The engineers said their workplace was confining and their furniture was cumbersome.• Leroy bitterly opposed the plan for being cumbersome and costly.• They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares.• McMahon wore a cumbersome brace on his right leg.• And they do away with cumbersome expense claims and time-consuming paperwork.• The room was dominated by an enormous, cumbersome leather armchair.• The end result was a delicious but rather cumbersome sandwich.

Origin cumbersome

(1300-1400) cumber “to prevent from moving freely, load” ((14-20 centuries)) (from encumber) + -some

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