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

• 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。
• 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。
• While large gifts may be landing at the doors of business schools, the task of telephoning alumni and others to ask for money can be gruelling and often disheartening.
  尽管商学院里或许会有大笔捐赠送上门来，但给校友和其他人打电话筹款的任务，可能让人精疲力竭，而且时常会感到沮丧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Supporters of Obama claimed Romney had won nearly all of the debates during his gruelling nomination process.
  奥巴马的支持者声称罗姆尼在他艰苦的提名过程中已经赢得了几乎所有的辩论。
• 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。
• The race became physically and mentally gruelling, strikingly beautiful and spectacular.
  赛跑身体上并且精神上变得严厉、惊人地美丽、惊人。
• A gruelling climb, race, trial, ordeal, etc.
  使人筋疲力竭的攀登、竞赛、审讯、考验等。
• 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。