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overlaboured adjective UK(alsoover-laboured); (USoverlabored)uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ.bəd/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈleɪ.bɚd/ Something that is overlaboured tries too hard to be good, interesting, etc. : 操劳过度 The metaphor of love's game never sounds overlaboured. The menu sounds a little over-laboured, a little too complicated, and lacking in foods we have heard of.菜单听起来有点过于繁琐,有点过于复杂,而且缺少我们听说过的菜品。 He has a slightly overlaboured style of writing which sounds both too mannered and too transparent. Her clothes are always elaborate, but never overlaboured. Although in some places a little obscure and overlaboured, the descriptive passages are soft and beautiful . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary |