taxing

adjective

/ˈtæksɪŋ/

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needing a great amount of physical or mental effort繁重的；费力的；伤脑筋的 synonym demanding
- a taxing job繁重的工作
- This shouldn't be too taxing for you.这对你来说不至于太费劲。
- There was nothing intellectually taxing about the exercise.这项练习没有什么智力上的负担。
Synonyms difficult
difficult
- hard
- challenging
- demanding
- taxing
These words all describe something that is not easy and requires a lot of effort or skill to do.
- difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand:
  The exam questions were quite difficult.考题相当难。
  It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。
- hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand:
  I always found languages quite hard at school.在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。
  It was one of the hardest things I ever did.这是我做过的最难的事情之一。
difficult or hard?用 difficult 还是 hard？Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/say/find/take, etc., although difficult can also be used in any of these examples.
- challenging (approving) difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability.
- demanding difficult to do or deal with and needing a lot of effort, skill, etc.:
  It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.演奏这一段音乐需要有很高的技艺。
- taxing (often used in negative statements) difficult to do and needing a lot of mental or physical effort:
  This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.这对你来说不至于太费劲。
Patterns
- difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing for somebody
- difficult/hard to do something
- physically difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing
- technically difficult/challenging/demanding
- mentally/intellectually challenging/demanding/taxing
Topics Working lifec2
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