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gruelling

adjective
🔊/ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/
 (especially British English)
(North American English usually grueling)
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  1. very difficult and making you very tired, needing great effort for a long time 使人筋疲力尽的；折磨人的synonym punishing
    • a gruelling journey/schedule使人筋疲力尽的旅程；累人的日程
    • I've had a gruelling day.我一天下来累得筋疲力尽。🔊🔊
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    • It had been a gruelling season, but the final result made it worthwhile.那是一个艰苦的赛季，但最终的结果使它值得。
    • a gruelling work schedule累人的工作日程安排
    • a sporting event that represents a gruelling test of endurance考验耐力的体育项目
    • the gruelling journey on foot from London to Rome从伦敦步行到罗马的艰苦旅程
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGruelling/​grueling is used with these nouns:
    • journey
    • process
    • race
    • …
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the verb gruel ‘exhaust, punish’, from an old phrase get one's gruel ‘receive one's punishment’.