herculean
英 [ˌhɜːkjuˈliːən]
美 [ˌhɜːrkjuˈliːən]
赫拉克勒斯的; 力大无比的; 困难的赫拉克勒斯的
BNC.33301 / COCA.22524
牛津词典
adj.
- 费力的；需要决心的；艰巨的
needing a lot of strength, determination or effort- a Herculean task
艰巨的任务
- a Herculean task
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 艰巨的;费力的
Aherculeantask or ability is one that requires extremely great strength or effort.- ...his herculean efforts to bring peace to our troubled island.
他为给我们这个纷争不断的岛屿带来和平所作出的艰苦努力
- ...his herculean efforts to bring peace to our troubled island.
英英释义
adj
- extremely difficult
- a herculean task
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- herculean exertions
双语例句
- She has had the Herculean task of bringing up four children single-handedly.
她肩负着一个人养育4个孩子的艰巨任务。 - He completed the translation of this monumental work with a herculean effort.
他历尽心血终于完成了这一成本大套的翻译作品。 - You must make a Herculean effort not to talk to them about it.
你必须竭力控制自己，不同他们谈这件事。 - This was probably the first project on which our team didn't have to work Herculean hours near the end of development and testing.
这也许是我们的团队在开发和测试的结尾不必花费大量时间工作的第一个项目。 - These small feats seemed like Herculean accomplishm ents and slowly served to restore her depleted confidence.
这些小成绩看来是艰辛努力的结果，而且渐渐开始重建起她那已空竭的信心。 - Yet it might not be too Herculean a task to raise the money-if some Chinese banks are ordered to cough up the funds.
然而，如果部分中国银行被要求进行融资的话，那筹集到那笔钱可能并不是什么费力的事情。 - Therefore, it is a Herculean and long-term task for plant breeding workers to cultivate the germplasms of resistance to these factors.
因此，培育抗病、抗虫和抗逆的作物品种是育种工作者长期而艰巨的任务。 - Despite our remarkable progress, the Chinese banking sector still confronts Herculean tasks.
尽管我们取得了明显进步，但中国银行业仍面临极为艰巨的任务。 - Cowperwood, after his Herculean labours of the morning, had, as has been said, driven rapidly to Butler's house
上面已经说过，柯柏乌上午大干一阵以后，就赶忙驾车到巴特勒家去了 - But persuading large swathes of the citizenry to spend less time watching sport on television and more time actually working up a sweat is a Herculean task.
但是劝说老百姓少看点电视体育比赛，多花点时间进行真正的体育运动是一项艰巨的任务。