ponderous

adj.

1. 慢条斯理的；沉闷乏味的
   too slow and careful; serious and boring
2. 缓慢的；笨拙的；笨重的
   moving slowly and heavily; able to move only slowly
   1. She watched the cow's ponderous progress.
      她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。

1. ADJ-GRADED （文章或谈话）严肃呆板的，冗长乏味的，生硬的
   Ponderous writing or speech is very serious, uses more words than necessary, and is rather dull.
   1. He had a dense, ponderous style.
      他的行文晦涩而生硬。
2. ADJ-GRADED （行动或动作）缓慢的，笨拙的，费力的
   A movement or action that is ponderous is very slow or clumsy.
   1. His steps were heavy and ponderous.
      他的步伐沉重缓慢。

1. He had a dense, ponderous style.
   他的行文晦涩而生硬。
2. Brookhart was a large, well-FED, ponderous and cautious corporation lawyer.
   布洛克哈特是一位个子高大，营养充足，持重谨慎的公司法律顾问。
3. Incredible as it seemed to him now, he had fallen in love with her while she recited from the more ponderous passages in The Ring and the Book.
   现在看起来真是难以置信，他居然是在她背诵《戒指和书》中非常沉闷的段落时爱上她的。
4. He could be a ponderous speaker. Yet the force of his leadership far outweighed his oratory.
   他的言辞或许沉闷，但他的领导力远比演说有力。
5. His form was ponderous, and his step was slow;
   只见他形体笨重，步履蹒跚；
6. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the New World.
   使它那橡木大门上沉重的铁活的斑斑锈痕显得比新大陆的任何陈迹都益发古老。
7. Flood shook his ponderous, crimson head slowly from side to side to emphasize his conviction in the matter.
   弗拉德先生左右摇晃着他那笨重、绯红的脑袋来强调自己对这事确定不疑。
8. Fall from his eye, the ponderous shires crash on him
   从他的眼中跌落，沉重的云撞击着他
9. The ponderous guards with their rifles.
   身背步枪神情严肃的卫兵们。
10. He spoke in a slow ponderous voice.
    他慢条斯理地开口说话。
11. He writes in a very ponderous fashion.
    他的写作风格沉闷而乏味。
12. The ponderous reporting style makes the evening news dull viewing.
    沉闷冗长的播音风格使晚间新闻看起来很乏味。
13. He's slow and ponderous, and can pick up and put down objects nearby.
    它行动迟缓笨重，可以拿起或者放下旁边的物件。
14. Its war-machine is ponderous and slow-moving, with limited efficiency.
    他们的战争机构很笨重，行动很慢，效力有限。
15. The wise man carries his ideas lightly like colored balloons at a fair; the pedant drags his like ponderous ladders through crowded thoroughfares.
    聪明的人轻松自如地携带思想，犹如节日缤纷的气球；愚笨的人拖着思想，像扛着笨重的梯子，去穿过拥挤的街道。
16. He was not ponderous as I am.
    他不象我这样笨重。
17. He embarked on a very long, ponderous explanation.
    他开始了长长的、生硬的解释。
18. The ponderous nature of their play.
    他们的剧本单调滞重的特性。
19. The bad: The Escape's ponderous handling and high level of road and wind noise made highway driving a chore.
    坏：逃逸的沉重处理和高层次的道路和高速公路上行驶时风噪音了一个差事。
20. With slow but ponderous strides he enters the market place.
    他迈着缓慢而沉重的步伐走进市。
21. Academic research is often accused of being ponderous, narrow and detached from the real world.
    学术研究往往被指责为沉闷、狭隘和脱离现实世界。
22. He spoke in a slow, ponderous way.
    他的讲话缓慢而冗长。
23. But it is a ponderous task; no ordinary letter-sorter in the Post-office is equal to it.
    不过，这可是一件繁重的工作，决不是通常的邮政局里的分拣员所可比拟的。
24. Mine accident is a ponderous topic, and the matter of reducing mine accident has become an urgent task.
    矿难是一个沉重的话题，如何遏制矿难则是一个严峻的课题。
25. Taking a ponderous swing at the ball.
    笨拙地挥拍击一下球。
26. A ponderous Saxon. He thinks you're not a gentleman.
    这种笨头笨脑的撒克逊人，他就没把你看作一位有身份的人。
27. The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
    当嬷嬷的笨重身躯一步步来到门口时，仿佛楼道都震得颤抖了。
28. Ponderous planning has sometimes revealed as many divisions among ministries in Tokyo as among other capitals.
    冗长的计划过程有时暴露出，日本各部门之间的分歧与其他国家之间一样多。
29. It was easy to underestimate him because of his occasionally ponderous manner.
    由于他偶尔现出的沉闷的姿态，很容易使人小看了他。
30. Be suited to the wrappage which is ponderous, so need not forklift.
    适合笨重移动不易之包装物，不必使用堆高机。

  heavy ponderous weighty【导航词义：重的】

  heavy adj. 重的，沉的

〔辨析〕普通用词，主要用于形容人或物的重量。

  ponderous adj. 笨重的

〔辨析〕指庞大而沉重的。

  weighty adj. 〈文〉重的

〔辨析〕形容重量比预想的沉，尤指书沉甸甸的。

adj

1. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
   1. a ponderous stone
   2. a ponderous burden
   3. ponderous weapons

2. slow and laborious because of weight
   1. the heavy tread of tired troops
   2. moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
   3. ponderous prehistoric beasts
   4. a ponderous yawn

   Synonym:    heavylumbering

3. labored and dull
   1. a ponderous speech