gruelling

英 [ˈɡruːəlɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡruːəlɪŋ]

adj.  使人筋疲力尽的; 折磨人的

Collins.1 / BNC.14611 / COCA.44115

牛津词典

adj.

• 使人筋疲力尽的；折磨人的
  very difficult and tiring, needing great effort for a long time
  1. a gruelling journey/schedule
     使人筋疲力尽的旅程；累人的日程安排
  2. I've had a gruelling day.
     我一天下来累得筋疲力尽。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 grueling


• ADJ-GRADED 累垮人的；艰难的；令人筋疲力尽的
  Agruellingactivity is extremely difficult and tiring to do.
  1. He had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week...
     完成上周紧张的日程安排后，他抱怨自己累得筋疲力尽。
  2. This flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
     这次飞行比我预想的更累！

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:arduousbackbreakinggruelinghardheavylaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome

双语例句

• A devoted father has completed a triathlon carrying his 13-year-old cerebral palsy-afflicted daughter across land and through water so that she could complete the gruelling event.
  一位尽职的父亲带着他患有脑瘫的13岁女儿，跋山涉水一起完成了累人的铁人三项比赛。
• A British leukaemia patient rolled into Sydney after a gruelling fundraising ride on a vintage penny farthing bicycle across the Australian outback.
  为了给患有白血病的孩子募捐，英国白血病患者劳埃德·斯科特骑异形自行车成功穿越了澳大利亚沙漠地带，并于12月2日到达目的地悉尼。
• The professor found as soon as we hear words like "tormenting"," gruelling "or" plaguing", the exact areas in the brain that deal with pain are activated.
  教授还发现，只要我们听到类似痛苦的、折磨人的、苦恼的的词汇，大脑中的这个相关区域就立刻被激活。
• For the next decade Espinosa endured gruelling chemotherapy, had his leg amputated, lost a lung and had part of his liver removed.
  接下来的十年埃斯皮诺萨忍受着痛苦的化疗，他的腿被截肢，失去了肺，部分肝脏被切除。
• Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill.
  斯托克斯先生可以预见下一周会被枯燥繁重的宣传工作搞得焦头烂额。
• But far from being a workers 'paradise, Japan has been a country of hardship and discrimination for Mr Zhou and many of his compatriots, who are often forced to work long hours in gruelling conditions for less than minimum wages.
  但是对周连康及其许多同胞而言，日本远非工人的天堂，而是一个充满艰辛和歧视的国家。他们经常被迫在艰苦的条件下长时间工作，薪水却低于最低工资标准。
• A return to lower compensation would also hit hard in a world where bankers have grown used to working gruelling hours and changing employers regularly.
  银行家们已经习惯于长期劳累地加班和定期更换员工，因此向更低薪酬的回归还会对银行业造成重大冲击。
• The book borrows one harrowing chapter in which an expedition team becomes trapped down a crevasse and the gruelling rescue, from his own pre-White Desert experiences.
  书中有一章是介绍探险队陷入了冰缝中，精疲力竭等待救援的故事，这就是从他自身经历取材的。
• He kept up with the gruelling casework, particularly in a course called Human Organization and Behavior.
  他不断做好累人的社会工作，尤其是涉及人类组织和行为这一课程。
• This flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
  这次飞行比我预想的更累！