speaking, writing, or performing in a way that is not natural or interesting because it seems as though you are making too much effort (演讲、写作或表演)不自然的,乏味的,不流畅的
A lot of the jokes were rather laboured, I thought. 我认为这些笑话中有很多是相当乏味的。
if someone's breathing is laboured, they breathe with difficulty, for example because they are ill or extremely tired from physical activity (因生病或身体极度疲倦而呼吸)困难的