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  • 1 laboured

    ['leɪbəd]
    прил.; брит.; амер. labored
    1) тяжёлый, затруднённый ( о дыхании)

    Her breathing was heavy and laboured. — Его дыхание было тяжёлым и затруднённым.

    2) неестественный, вымученный; тяжеловесный (о стиле и т. п.)

    Some of the episodes are very laboured. — Некоторые эпизоды очень вымученные.

    The prose of his official communications was laboured, pompous and verbose. — Стиль его официальных письменных сообщений был тяжеловесным, напыщенным и многословным.

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