Grueling
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 繁重而累人的
- ［英］ adj. 繁重而累人的 ( extremely trying; exhausting)
- ［类］ 反义词: effortless ( 不费力气的)
- ［记］ 来自 gruel ( 逼供) + ( l) ing;注意: gruel也是稀粥的意思
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
or gruelling adjective
- Etymology: from present participle of obsolete gruel to exhaust, punish, from gruel, noun
- Date: 1852
- trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion ; punishing <a grueling race>
- ? gruelingly adverb
