needing a great amount of physical or mental effort synonym demanding繁重的;费力的;伤脑筋的 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 difficultdifficultTopics Working lifec2- hard
- challenging
- demanding
- taxing
- 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? 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.用 difficult 还是 hard? - 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。
- 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
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