belabour

belabour

1. "Beat him," said the youngster, brandishing his staff, "as near to death as one Christian man should belabour another -- I wanted not to have his blood to answer for.

“我们家族的这个英名已经传了十五代了，”年轻人说道，“这使我除了当军人以外很不愿从事其他职业。”

2. but I do not like being borne in hand as if I were a child, when, God wot, I find myself man enough to belabour you both, if you provoke me too far.

之所以采用这种简短的弥撒是因为那些高贵而有权势的人在出席这庄严的仪式时，通常都急不可待地想立刻开始他们心爱的娱乐。

3. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabour.

他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。

4. More examples just belabour it.

佐证多了，反而画蛇添足。

5. belabour the obvious

对十分明显的事物作不必要的反复说明

6. to belabour someone with insults

对某人辱骂

7. We all see your point;there's no need to belabour it.

我们都已理解你的意思，没必要做过多的解释。

8. I don't want to belabour the point, but it's vital you understand how important this is.

我并不想啰嗦，但至关重要的是你得理解这件事的重要性。

9. I propose to belabour this point of view.

我建议对此观点多加讨论。

10. to belabour someone with a stick soundly

用棍棒把某人毒打一顿

11. How much more elegant is it to slay your foe, with the roses of irony than to massacre him with the axes of sarcasm or to belabour him with the bludgeon of invective.

用讥讽的玫瑰镇服你的对手，较之用嘲弄的板斧将他剁砍或用谩骂的大头棒将他捶打，更为温文尔雅。