ADJ-GRADED
（文章或言谈）刻意的，矫揉造作的
If something such as someone's writing or speech is laboured, they have put too much effort into it so it seems awkward and unnatural.
例句
The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose...
他笔下的公文矫揉浮华，长篇大论。
Daniel's few encounters with Gold had been characterized by a laboured politeness.
丹尼尔与戈尔德的几次碰面都只是虚礼客套一番。