belabor

• vt. 痛打；抨击；过度说明；反复讨论

前缀be-, 强调。labor, 劳动，努力。即努力争取的，反复强调的。

belabor (v.)

1590s, "to exert one's strength upon," from be- + labor (v.). But figurative sense of "assail with words" is attested somewhat earlier (1590s); and belabored is attested from mid-15c. with a sense of "tilled, cultivated."

1. Don't belabor the point.

别再罗嗦这事儿了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.

他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。

来自辞典例句