ADJ-GRADED
（文章或言談）刻意的，矯揉造作的
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...
他筆下的公文矯揉浮華，長篇大論。
Daniel's few encounters with Gold had been characterized by a laboured politeness.
丹尼爾與戈爾德的幾次碰面都只是虛禮客套一番。