overlaboured
adjective UK (also over-laboured); (US overlabored) uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ.bəd/ us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈleɪ.bɚd/
操劳过度
Something that is overlaboured tries too hard to be good, interesting, etc.
The metaphor of love's game never sounds overlaboured.
The menu sounds a little over-laboured, a little too complicated, and lacking in foods we have heard of. 菜单听起来有点过于繁琐，有点过于复杂，而且缺少我们听说过的菜品。
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- He has a slightly overlaboured style of writing which sounds both too mannered and too transparent.
- Her clothes are always elaborate, but never overlaboured.
- Although in some places a little obscure and overlaboured, the descriptive passages are soft and beautiful .