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Over the course of the day, they gradually grow leaden with extended use, as our arms and legs do.
经历了一天，它们由于过多的活动逐渐变得沉重，就想像我们手臂和腿部的肌肉一样。
He is right that the leaden hand of the state has often suppressed individual freedom and creativity.
有关政府那只呆滞之手往往压制个人自由和创造力的表述是正确的。
Then again, cheering crowds are being bused into stadia by the government, armed with noise-makers and decked in colourful attire to improve the leaden atmosphere inside.
话说回来，在奥运比赛场内欢呼的观众，也是由政府用巴士送到各场馆的，他们配备了制造声势的道具，还换上了鲜艳的服装，以求改善场内沉闷的气氛。
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The potted histories of communism he provides as context are leaden and sometimes sloppy.
ECONOMIST: Communist jokes
The commonest form is advertising: statistics-laden special supplements, where leaden prose is coupled with cheesy new logos and lame slogans.
ECONOMIST: National branding
At Oxford, she impressed her father—also an alumnus—by becoming president of the Union, a debating society with a line in leaden sophomoric wit.
ECONOMIST: Benazir Bhutto

A leaden sky or sea is dark grey and has no movement of clouds or waves.
A leaden conversation or piece of writing is not very interesting.
If your movements are leaden, you move slowly and heavily, usually because you are tired.