to belabour

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von to belabour im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

{f} pataklamak

{f} lafı uzatmak

{f} çok uzatmak

{f} uzatmak

{f} dövmek

uzaklara çek/ikna et

f., İng., bak. belabor

{f} benzetmek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von to belabour im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To discuss something repeatedly; to harp on

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. - Inaugural speech 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

If you say that someone belabours the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way. I won't belabour the point, for this is a familiar story. = labour

To beat someone

attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"

{f} criticize, ridicule; excessively elaborate on a topic; beat, hit (also belabor)

be·la·bour belabours belabouring belaboured in AM, use belabor1. If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. = pummel

to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

To attack someone verbally

beat soundly

Silbentrennung

to be·la·bour