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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since then he has embarked on a gruelling rehabilitation programme and has proved his fitness with some impressive displays in pre-season.
  自那次受伤后，凯利开展了痛苦而漫长的康复计划，并且在季前赛中展现了令人信服的康复程度。
• 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。
• 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。