gruelling
adjective (especially British English)(North American English usually grueling)
very difficult and making you very tired, needing great effort for a long time synonym punishing使人筋疲力尽的;折磨人的 Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec2It had been a gruelling season, but the final result made it worthwhile. 这是一个艰苦的赛季,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 从伦敦到罗马的艰苦徒步旅行
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGruelling/grueling is used with these nouns:- journey
- process
- race
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the verb gruel ‘exhaust, punish’, from an old phrase get one's gruel ‘receive one's punishment’.