onerous: 繁重的, troublesome and oppressive, burdensome, arduous, backbreaking 1) troublesome and oppressive; burdensome Onerous ------ troublesome and oppressive, burdensome onerous ------ Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome it was an onerous situation onerous ------ troubling; burdensome onerouseffortless, easy, unexacting onerous : difficulty 1. The homework proved to be far less onerous than we had expected, and we finished it all in less than an hour. 2. The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved onerous to the team in charge of Synonyms: arduous, oppressive, troublesome onerous popular beneficial calming showing great consideration requiring little effort 繁重的 流行的 有益的 平静的 显示出极大的关心体贴 不费吹灰之力的 |