The day just prior to marriage is like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.

就要结婚之前的那几天，就象一本枯燥的书籍的精彩的 序文。

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The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.

婚前的日子相对于婚姻来说就像是一本冗长乏味的书的一段短小精悍的序言。

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If you are more interested in a particular title than in your loyalty to a particular eReader, looking for the cheapest version - or even an available version - of a book can be pretty tedious.

如果你对特定的书籍更感兴趣，而不是特别忠诚于某特定电子书阅读器，那么寻找便宜——甚至是否有存货——的电子书是一个挺乏味单调的过程。

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Sarcasm and disdain may work in a 500-word opinion piece in a newspaper but they become tedious over 500 pages of a book.

ECONOMIST: Terrorism

At last comes a book that leaps beyond that tedious row.

ECONOMIST: The Yugoslav war

The man paid in cold hard cash, and after a tedious 40 minute purchase process that involved a bit of activation, some nice tutorials, a quick address book sideload from his old Touch Diamond and whole lot of peripheral upsell, Alfredo was one of the world's first satisfied Pre customers.

ENGADGET: Palm Pre goes on sale to a select, drenched few