Definition of belabour in English:

belabour

(US belabor)

verb bɪˈleɪbəbəˈleɪbər

[with object]

1Attack (someone) physically or verbally.
攻击，袭击；抨击，责骂
Bernard was belabouring Jed with his fists
伯纳德挥拳痛打杰德。
Example sentencesExamples
- So, if you're looking for a weighty tome for a Christmas present, to block a draught or to belabour rival fans, you'll want to enter the competition.
- You could now strike your adversary such a blow with your fist on the face as to render him unconscious, or, of course, you could belabor him with your stick if it were suitable for the purpose.
- He's handling this part just right, it seems to me, by staking out his positions without belaboring them or taking shots at those who disagree (except, of course, for activist judges).
- I read that some of my countrymen belaboured some others of my countrymen purely because they came to my city from other parts of my country, searching for jobs.
- The music will be so loud you think someone's belabouring your whole body with a hammer.
- And these hapless people whose gaiety at first had been so peaceful, at length belaboured each other soundly.
- The elderly poet chased the young man, belabouring him round the shoulders with a walking stick.
- In the nineteenth century, it was the moral at the heart of a story which led to critics belabouring certain writers.
- It seemed to me that there were now two areas: one was that of what you might call highbrow poetry and one could go on belabouring people writing in that field.
Synonyms
beat, hit, strike, smack, batter, pummel, pound, buffet, rain blows on, thrash, bombard, pelt
beat up, assault, attack, set upon, set about, weigh into
North American beat up on
informal wallop, whack, clout, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, plug, knock about/around, knock into the middle of next week, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding, do over, work over, rough up, lay into, tear into, lace into, sail into, get stuck into
British informal have a go at
North American informal whale, light into
archaic smite
criticize, attack, berate, censure, condemn, denounce, denigrate, revile, castigate, pillory, flay, lambaste, savage, tear/pull to pieces, find fault with, run down, abuse
informal knock, slam, pan, bash, take apart, crucify, hammer, lay into, roast, skewer, bad-mouth
British informal slate, rubbish, slag off, monster
North American informal pummel, cut up
Australian/New Zealand informal bag
rare excoriate
2Argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail.
对…争论（或说明）过多;纠缠于
there is no need to belabour the point
没有必要对这一点多费口舌。
Example sentencesExamples
- This post is some combination of belaboring the obvious and speculating wildly about the future.
- The obvious is belabored with depressing frequency; the following passage illustrates this and other problems.
- Jokes are laboured and belaboured; situations are overindulged and run to exhaustion before they end.
- Now, I don't want to belabor this point, but there is something remarkably obvious that needs to be said.
- To belabor the obvious, a lot of the people who stayed did so because they didn't have the money to leave.
- Not to belabor the issue, the question is: why is it so difficult today to resist those pressures?
- This is especially the case when those words simply amount to belabouring the obvious.
- The reasoning seems virtually identical to the articles I have written on this, so I won't belabor it here.
- But to his credit, it should be emphasized, he does not belabor any theme too much.
- The answer is obvious, and there's no point belaboring it.
- At the risk of belabouring the point, let me cite just one other publication dealing with this question.
- I have my own opinions on the matter, obviously, and I've belabored the board sufficiently with them.
- I don't want to belabor the mercury discussion, but I'd like to point out why the hazards are not exaggerated.
- Rather than belabor the point, I will simply assume the following.
- There many other projects and forms of aid which can be cited and there is certainly no need to belabour the point.
- He got his point across early but yet he belabored it.
- Not to belabor the obvious, but our ancestors were fish.
- I fear that to make this statement is to belabor the obvious.
- But let's not belabor this Peter Pan thing any longer.
- With the earnestness of a high-school civics instructor, he continues to belabor the obvious.
Synonyms
over-elaborate, labour, discuss at length, dwell on, harp on about, hammer away at, expound on, expand on
overdo, overplay, overdramatize, make too much of, place too much emphasis on
informal flog to death, drag out, make a big thing of, blow out of all proportion
North American informal do over

Origin

Late Middle English: from be- + the verb labour.

Definition of belabor in US English:

belabor

verbbəˈleɪbərbəˈlābər

[with object]

1Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail.
对…争论（或说明）过多;纠缠于
critics thought they belabored the obvious
Example sentencesExamples
- With the earnestness of a high-school civics instructor, he continues to belabor the obvious.
- I don't want to belabor the mercury discussion, but I'd like to point out why the hazards are not exaggerated.
- To belabor the obvious, a lot of the people who stayed did so because they didn't have the money to leave.
- This post is some combination of belaboring the obvious and speculating wildly about the future.
- At the risk of belabouring the point, let me cite just one other publication dealing with this question.
- The reasoning seems virtually identical to the articles I have written on this, so I won't belabor it here.
- Not to belabor the obvious, but our ancestors were fish.
- I fear that to make this statement is to belabor the obvious.
- Jokes are laboured and belaboured; situations are overindulged and run to exhaustion before they end.
- The obvious is belabored with depressing frequency; the following passage illustrates this and other problems.
- Rather than belabor the point, I will simply assume the following.
- Now, I don't want to belabor this point, but there is something remarkably obvious that needs to be said.
- I have my own opinions on the matter, obviously, and I've belabored the board sufficiently with them.
- But to his credit, it should be emphasized, he does not belabor any theme too much.
- This is especially the case when those words simply amount to belabouring the obvious.
- Not to belabor the issue, the question is: why is it so difficult today to resist those pressures?
- There many other projects and forms of aid which can be cited and there is certainly no need to belabour the point.
- But let's not belabor this Peter Pan thing any longer.
- He got his point across early but yet he belabored it.
- The answer is obvious, and there's no point belaboring it.
Synonyms
over-elaborate, labour, discuss at length, dwell on, harp on about, hammer away at, expound on, expand on
2Attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally.
攻击，袭击；抨击，责骂
Tyndale seized every opportunity to belabor the Roman Church
Example sentencesExamples
- The elderly poet chased the young man, belabouring him round the shoulders with a walking stick.
- The music will be so loud you think someone's belabouring your whole body with a hammer.
- I read that some of my countrymen belaboured some others of my countrymen purely because they came to my city from other parts of my country, searching for jobs.
- So, if you're looking for a weighty tome for a Christmas present, to block a draught or to belabour rival fans, you'll want to enter the competition.
- And these hapless people whose gaiety at first had been so peaceful, at length belaboured each other soundly.
- You could now strike your adversary such a blow with your fist on the face as to render him unconscious, or, of course, you could belabor him with your stick if it were suitable for the purpose.
- In the nineteenth century, it was the moral at the heart of a story which led to critics belabouring certain writers.
- It seemed to me that there were now two areas: one was that of what you might call highbrow poetry and one could go on belabouring people writing in that field.
- He's handling this part just right, it seems to me, by staking out his positions without belaboring them or taking shots at those who disagree (except, of course, for activist judges).
Synonyms
beat, hit, strike, smack, batter, pummel, pound, buffet, rain blows on, thrash, bombard, pelt
criticize, attack, berate, censure, condemn, denounce, denigrate, revile, castigate, pillory, flay, lambaste, savage, pull to pieces, tear to pieces, find fault with, run down, abuse

Origin

Late Middle English: from be- + the verb labor.

词汇	belabour
释义	Definition of belabour in English: belabour (US belabor) verb bɪˈleɪbəbəˈleɪbər [with object] 1Attack (someone) physically or verbally. 攻击，袭击；抨击，责骂 Bernard was belabouring Jed with his fists 伯纳德挥拳痛打杰德。 Example sentencesExamples So, if you're looking for a weighty tome for a Christmas present, to block a draught or to belabour rival fans, you'll want to enter the competition. You could now strike your adversary such a blow with your fist on the face as to render him unconscious, or, of course, you could belabor him with your stick if it were suitable for the purpose. He's handling this part just right, it seems to me, by staking out his positions without belaboring them or taking shots at those who disagree (except, of course, for activist judges). I read that some of my countrymen belaboured some others of my countrymen purely because they came to my city from other parts of my country, searching for jobs. The music will be so loud you think someone's belabouring your whole body with a hammer. And these hapless people whose gaiety at first had been so peaceful, at length belaboured each other soundly. The elderly poet chased the young man, belabouring him round the shoulders with a walking stick. In the nineteenth century, it was the moral at the heart of a story which led to critics belabouring certain writers. It seemed to me that there were now two areas: one was that of what you might call highbrow poetry and one could go on belabouring people writing in that field. Synonyms beat, hit, strike, smack, batter, pummel, pound, buffet, rain blows on, thrash, bombard, pelt beat up, assault, attack, set upon, set about, weigh into North American beat up on informal wallop, whack, clout, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, plug, knock about/around, knock into the middle of next week, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding, do over, work over, rough up, lay into, tear into, lace into, sail into, get stuck into British informal have a go at North American informal whale, light into archaic smite criticize, attack, berate, censure, condemn, denounce, denigrate, revile, castigate, pillory, flay, lambaste, savage, tear/pull to pieces, find fault with, run down, abuse informal knock, slam, pan, bash, take apart, crucify, hammer, lay into, roast, skewer, bad-mouth British informal slate, rubbish, slag off, monster North American informal pummel, cut up Australian/New Zealand informal bag rare excoriate 2Argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail. 对…争论（或说明）过多;纠缠于 there is no need to belabour the point 没有必要对这一点多费口舌。 Example sentencesExamples This post is some combination of belaboring the obvious and speculating wildly about the future. The obvious is belabored with depressing frequency; the following passage illustrates this and other problems. Jokes are laboured and belaboured; situations are overindulged and run to exhaustion before they end. Now, I don't want to belabor this point, but there is something remarkably obvious that needs to be said. To belabor the obvious, a lot of the people who stayed did so because they didn't have the money to leave. Not to belabor the issue, the question is: why is it so difficult today to resist those pressures? This is especially the case when those words simply amount to belabouring the obvious. The reasoning seems virtually identical to the articles I have written on this, so I won't belabor it here. But to his credit, it should be emphasized, he does not belabor any theme too much. The answer is obvious, and there's no point belaboring it. At the risk of belabouring the point, let me cite just one other publication dealing with this question. I have my own opinions on the matter, obviously, and I've belabored the board sufficiently with them. I don't want to belabor the mercury discussion, but I'd like to point out why the hazards are not exaggerated. Rather than belabor the point, I will simply assume the following. There many other projects and forms of aid which can be cited and there is certainly no need to belabour the point. He got his point across early but yet he belabored it. Not to belabor the obvious, but our ancestors were fish. I fear that to make this statement is to belabor the obvious. But let's not belabor this Peter Pan thing any longer. With the earnestness of a high-school civics instructor, he continues to belabor the obvious. Synonyms over-elaborate, labour, discuss at length, dwell on, harp on about, hammer away at, expound on, expand on overdo, overplay, overdramatize, make too much of, place too much emphasis on informal flog to death, drag out, make a big thing of, blow out of all proportion North American informal do over Origin Late Middle English: from be- + the verb labour. Definition of belabor in US English: belabor verbbəˈleɪbərbəˈlābər [with object] 1Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail. 对…争论（或说明）过多;纠缠于 critics thought they belabored the obvious Example sentencesExamples With the earnestness of a high-school civics instructor, he continues to belabor the obvious. I don't want to belabor the mercury discussion, but I'd like to point out why the hazards are not exaggerated. To belabor the obvious, a lot of the people who stayed did so because they didn't have the money to leave. This post is some combination of belaboring the obvious and speculating wildly about the future. At the risk of belabouring the point, let me cite just one other publication dealing with this question. The reasoning seems virtually identical to the articles I have written on this, so I won't belabor it here. Not to belabor the obvious, but our ancestors were fish. I fear that to make this statement is to belabor the obvious. Jokes are laboured and belaboured; situations are overindulged and run to exhaustion before they end. The obvious is belabored with depressing frequency; the following passage illustrates this and other problems. Rather than belabor the point, I will simply assume the following. Now, I don't want to belabor this point, but there is something remarkably obvious that needs to be said. I have my own opinions on the matter, obviously, and I've belabored the board sufficiently with them. But to his credit, it should be emphasized, he does not belabor any theme too much. This is especially the case when those words simply amount to belabouring the obvious. Not to belabor the issue, the question is: why is it so difficult today to resist those pressures? There many other projects and forms of aid which can be cited and there is certainly no need to belabour the point. But let's not belabor this Peter Pan thing any longer. He got his point across early but yet he belabored it. The answer is obvious, and there's no point belaboring it. Synonyms over-elaborate, labour, discuss at length, dwell on, harp on about, hammer away at, expound on, expand on 2Attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally. 攻击，袭击；抨击，责骂 Tyndale seized every opportunity to belabor the Roman Church Example sentencesExamples The elderly poet chased the young man, belabouring him round the shoulders with a walking stick. The music will be so loud you think someone's belabouring your whole body with a hammer. I read that some of my countrymen belaboured some others of my countrymen purely because they came to my city from other parts of my country, searching for jobs. So, if you're looking for a weighty tome for a Christmas present, to block a draught or to belabour rival fans, you'll want to enter the competition. And these hapless people whose gaiety at first had been so peaceful, at length belaboured each other soundly. You could now strike your adversary such a blow with your fist on the face as to render him unconscious, or, of course, you could belabor him with your stick if it were suitable for the purpose. In the nineteenth century, it was the moral at the heart of a story which led to critics belabouring certain writers. It seemed to me that there were now two areas: one was that of what you might call highbrow poetry and one could go on belabouring people writing in that field. He's handling this part just right, it seems to me, by staking out his positions without belaboring them or taking shots at those who disagree (except, of course, for activist judges). Synonyms beat, hit, strike, smack, batter, pummel, pound, buffet, rain blows on, thrash, bombard, pelt criticize, attack, berate, censure, condemn, denounce, denigrate, revile, castigate, pillory, flay, lambaste, savage, pull to pieces, tear to pieces, find fault with, run down, abuse Origin Late Middle English: from be- + the verb labor.
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