Arduous



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 费力的, 艰难的
• ［英］ adj. 费力的, 艰难的 ( difficult to do; laborious; onerous)
• ［类］ 反义词: sinecure ( 闲职) -arduous employment ( 劳苦工作)
• ［记］ ard ( 热) +uous ( 多...的) -> 多热, 出汗 -> 费力的
• ［例］ The arduous journey across the desert.

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin arduus high, steep, difficult; akin to Old Irish ard high
• Date: 1538
• 1.
  • a. hard to accomplish or achieve ; difficult years of arduous training
  • b. marked by great labor or effort ; strenuous a life of arduous toil — A. C. Cole
• 2. hard to climb ; steep an arduous path
• Synonyms: see hard
• • arduously adverb
• • arduousness noun

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