grueling

英

美

adj.  紧张的，激烈的；使极度疲劳的

GRE

COCA.14218

英英释义

adj

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  1. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
  2. a grueling campaign
  3. hard labor
  4. heavy work
  5. heavy going
  6. spent many laborious hours on the project
  7. set a punishing pace
  Synonym:arduousbackbreakinggruellinghardheavylaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome

双语例句

• The Hawaii Ironman is even more grueling.
  夏威夷铁人三项赛就更艰巨了。
• When Diana was here, Shanghai was a pretty lucrative place to work. It was grueling the hours were long and conditions on the job weren't great but you could still make good money.
  戴安娜在的时候，上海还是一个非常有利可图的市场。模特一行确实很累人，需要一连工作数个小时，条件也不怎么好，但收入颇丰。
• It is a period people in town simply refer to as "fresh," and it is grueling.
  小镇里的人称这段时间为“新鲜期”，这段时间的工作十分折磨人。
• At just 14 years old, Harry is three years too young to enter the grueling competition.
  在只有14岁，哈利是三年太年轻而无法进入使极度疲劳竞争。
• We got home after a grueling drive.
  经过一段令人精疲力竭的开车我们到家了。
• So part of the goal here is, this should not be a grueling, exhausting kind of task, it's really something that should be helping you learn the material.
  所以部分目标在于，这不应该是一个累赘，不是那种沉重的任务，它应该能帮助你，学习材料。
• Florence Nightingale was doing this grueling work because it was vital, not because she had chosen it.
  这项辛劳的工作交给了弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔，并不是因为她主动请缨，而是这任务至关重要。
• For the next grueling year, I'll be your homeroom teacher.
  在接下来辛苦的一年，我将是你们的班主任。
• I can't make it up the grueling climbs with a lot of extra weight.
  我不可能带着多余的负重攀岩。
• His grueling schedule is just one not-so-subtle hint of what he expects from employees.
  他总是排得满满的日程，就不太隐晦地暗示出他对手下员工的期望。