词汇对比与辨析

核心差别

toilsome 强调toilsome 是一个形容词,laborious 则侧重laborious 指需要付出大量努力、时间或精力的

使用场景对比

对比方面toilsomelaborious
核心含义toilsome 是一个形容词,指需要付出大量体力或脑力劳动、令人感到疲惫或困难的事情或过程。laborious 指需要付出大量努力、时间或精力的,形容任务、工作或过程艰苦、费劲,也可形容人勤劳、勤勉。
词性形容词形容词
使用语域toilsome 通常用作定语形容词,修饰名词,描述任务、工作或过程的性质。它强调劳动或努力的艰辛,常用于正式或书面语境。laborious 常用作定语形容词,修饰名词如 task、work、process 等,强调过程的艰辛;也可作表语,描述主语的性质。

对比例句

toilsome

The hike up the mountain was toilsome, but the view from the top made it worth it.

爬山很费力,但山顶的景色让这一切都值得。

toilsome

She found the daily commute to work toilsome, especially during rush hour.

她觉得每天通勤上班很辛苦,尤其是在高峰时段。

laborious

Cleaning the entire house by myself was a laborious task that took all weekend.

独自打扫整个房子是一项艰苦的任务,花了我整个周末的时间。

laborious

He found the manual assembly of the furniture to be quite laborious and time-consuming.

他觉得手动组装家具相当费劲又耗时。

常见误用提醒

使用 toilsome:The work is toilsomely. → The work is toilsome. (错误:误用副词形式 'toilsomely' 作为形容词。正确:应使用形容词 'toilsome' 直接描述名词。)

使用 toilsome:It was a toilsome for me to finish the homework. → It was toilsome for me to finish the homework. (错误:在 'toilsome' 前误加冠词 'a',但 'toilsome' 作为形容词修饰不定式短语时,通常不带冠词。正确:直接使用 'toilsome' 作为表语。)

使用 laborious:This job is very laborious for me to do. → This job is very laborious. (错误:laborious 本身已包含“费劲”之意,无需再加 for me to do,这会使句子冗余。正确:直接使用 laborious 描述任务性质即可。)