gruelling是什么意思？

gruelling

英[ˈgru:əlɪŋ] 美[ˈɡruəlɪŋ, ˈɡrulɪŋ]

• adj. 严厉的，使人筋疲力竭的，使极度疲劳的；
• n. 痛打，惩罚；

例句

• a gruelling climb 叫人筋疲力尽的攀登
• It commemorates a trek more gruelling than the tourists who gawp at it can imagine. 它是为了纪念一次艰苦的跋涉,其艰难程度超出了那些看到这座雕像的人的想象.
• 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.
• 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。
• This flight was more gruelling than I had expected. 这次飞行比我预想的更累！
• 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。
• ...a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age... 比她年轻一半的女子都会胆怯的累人旅程

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  累垮人的；艰难的；令人筋疲力尽的
  A gruelling activity is extremely difficult and tiring to do.
  例句
  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。 This flight was more gruelling than I had expected. 这次飞行比我预想的更累！

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  紧张的,激烈的;使极度疲劳的
  a gruelling climb 叫人筋疲力尽的攀登 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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;
  "worked their arduous way up the mining valley""a grueling campaign""hard labor""heavy work""heavy going""spent many laborious hours on the project""set a punishing pace"