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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 future of air travel does not have to bring yet more queues, gruelling delays and growing pollution.
  航空旅行不一定非要在未来带来更多的长队、人无法容忍的延误和加剧的污染。
• Mourinho took his charges for a gruelling tour of the US earlier this summer and on Wednesday they will face SPL champions Celtic, ahead of this weekend's Community Shield clash with Liverpool.
  结束了美国之行，老穆要面对苏超冠军凯而特人的热身挑战，随后与利物浦打响社区盾杯决战。
• 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。
• The recruits were put through a week of gruelling endurance tests.
  新兵要接受为期一周艰苦的耐力测试。
• MBAs hired as first-year associates work gruelling hours ( 80-90 hours a week even as interns) and have to face starting again near the bottom of the food chain.
  被聘为经理的MBA，在第一年就要极度紧张地工作（甚至在当实习生的时候，每周都要工作80到90个小时），而且还要面对从食物链最底层做起的现实。
• 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。
• 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。