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 most gruelling part of my trip.
我的旅程中最艰难的一段。
Cadres are put through a gruelling process of talent selection and only those with an excellent performance record make it to the highest levels.
党员干部需要经历严格的人才选拔过程，只有那些表现优秀的人才能升入最高层。
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。
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。
This flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
这次飞行比我预想的更累！
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 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。
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。
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。
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。