involving a lot of effort and energy, especially over a period of time 艱苦的;艱難的 Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec2It was physically arduous work. 這是一項體力勞動。 The road back to political stability is long and arduous. 回到政治穩定的道路是漫長而艱巨的。 an arduous task/process 艱巨任務;艱難過程
Oxford Collocations DictionaryArduous is used with these nouns:- climb
- journey
- process
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin arduus ‘steep, difficult’ + -ous.