belabour

IPA(Pronunciation)

transitive UK

Japanese Meaning

丹念に取り組む、念入りに検討する、努力する / 激しく殴る、打ちのめす

She continued to belabour the point until everyone left the meeting.

彼女は皆が会議を去るまで、その点をくどくどと説明し続けた。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply diligently.

Sense（2）

(British spelling, transitive) To beat soundly; thump; beat someone.

Sense（3）

(British spelling, transitive) To attack someone verbally.

Sense（4）

(British spelling, transitive) To discuss something unduly or repeatedly; to harp on.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.

Sense（5）

(British spelling, transitive) To explain or elaborate at length or in excessive detail; overelaborate.

belabours

（ present singular third-person ）

belabouring

（ participle present ）

belaboured

（ participle past ）

belaboured

（ past ）