English Dictionary

onerous

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɒnəɹəs/

形容詞

imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.

日本語の意味

重荷となる、負担となる / 厄介である、面倒である / 骨の折れる、困難を伴う

The committee found the reporting requirements to be onerous and obstructive to grassroots initiatives.

委員会は、報告義務が負担となり草の根の取り組みを妨げていると判断した。

意味（1）

imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.

That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.

more onerous （ comparative ）

most onerous （ superlative ）