tedium(名词):单调乏味;冗长无聊;令人厌烦的重复。常用来形容一件事因持续、重复或缺乏变化而让人感到厌倦。(也可泛指“厌烦感/无聊感”。)
/ˈtiːdiəm/
The tedium of filling out forms made me lose focus.
填写表格的单调乏味让我无法集中注意力。
After weeks of rehearsals, the work became a tedium that tested everyone’s patience, even though the performance was excellent.
经过数周排练,这项工作变得冗长乏味,考验着每个人的耐心,尽管演出非常精彩。
tedium来自拉丁语 taedium,意为“厌倦、厌烦”,与“对某事感到疲倦、心生厌倦”的情绪相关。英语中保留了这种“长期、重复导致的无聊与厌烦”的核心含义。