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

• Angelina Jolie plans to marry Brad Pitt 'sooner rather than later' following her gruelling double mastectomy.
  做完预防性双侧乳腺切除术后，安吉丽娜朱莉计划与布拉德皮特的婚礼宜早不宜迟。
• The study discovered that certain pain-associated words such as` tormenting` or` gruelling` stimulate the pain area of the brain-even when no pain is actually administered.
  研究人员发现，人们听到一些与疼痛相关的词汇（例如痛苦的、折磨人的）时，脑部与痛感相关的区域会被激活&即便这些痛感并非实际存在也会让人产生疼痛感。
• A gruelling climb, race, trial, ordeal, etc.
  使人筋疲力竭的攀登、竞赛、审讯、考验等。
• 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。
• This can be an advantage for you as you will not take the gruelling test anymore.
  这可以是一个优势，为你，你会不会采取艰难的考验了。
• 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。
• The Wales midfielder suffered a double fracture to his right leg at Stoke in February and has spent the past eight months on a gruelling rehabilitation programme.
  二月在斯托克这位威尔士中场遭遇右腿胫骨腓骨双重骨折，过去八个月他一直在漫长痛苦的恢复过程中。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whether her Republican opponent is Jeb Bush, or someone else, the battle ahead is certain to be gruelling.
  不管她的共和党对手是杰布布什（JebBush）还是其他人，未来的战斗必定艰苦。