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单词 taxing
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taxing

But our cases usually involve nothing more taxing than sitting in front of a computer screen drinking coffee and making phone calls.It took guts to be a sculptor: to work long physically taxing hours with few chances of sales.A gaggle of schoolgirls were skating in the park today, their giggles cluttering the air, taxing the snow's quiet.

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taxing

British English: taxing ADJECTIVE
A taxing task or problem is one that requires a lot of mental or physical effort.
It's unlikely that you'll be asked to do anything too taxing.
  • American English: taxing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: complexo
  • Chinese: 费劲的
  • European Spanish: arduo
  • French: ardu
  • German: anstrengend
  • Italian: arduo
  • Japanese: 大変な
  • Korean: 부담이 큰
  • European Portuguese: complexo
  • Latin American Spanish: arduo

(adjective) 
You won't be asked to do anything too taxing.
Synonyms
demanding
It is a demanding job.
trying
The whole business has been very trying.
wearing
She finds his continual demands very wearing.
heavy
They bear a heavy burden of responsibility.
tough
It was a tough decision but I think we made the right one.
tiring
It had been a long and tiring day.
punishing
his punishing work schedule
exacting
He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task.
stressful
I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.
sapping
onerous
parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a difficult child
burdensome
The outlay so far has not been too burdensome.
wearisome
a long and wearisome task
enervating
Opposites
light
,
easy
,
effortless
,
undemanding
,
easy-peasy (slang)
,
unburdensome

Additional synonyms

in the sense of burdensome
The outlay so far has not been too burdensome.
Synonyms
troublesome,
trying,
taxing,
difficult,
heavy,
crushing,
exacting,
oppressive,
weighty,
onerous,
irksome
in the sense of exacting
Definition
making rigorous or excessive demands
He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task.
Synonyms
demanding,
hard,
taxing,
difficult,
tough,
painstaking
in the sense of heavy
Definition
hard to fulfil
They bear a heavy burden of responsibility.
Synonyms
onerous,
hard,
difficult,
severe,
harsh,
tedious,
intolerable,
oppressive,
grievous,
burdensome,
wearisome,
vexatious,
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Nearby words of
taxing

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  • tea
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  • teacher

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taxing

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Synonyms of 'taxing'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of onerous
Definition
(of a task) difficult to carry out
parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a difficult child
Synonyms
trying,
hard,
taxing,
demanding,
difficult,
heavy,
responsible,
grave,
crushing,
arduous,
exhausting,
exacting,
formidable,
troublesome,
oppressive,
weighty,
laborious,
burdensome,
irksome,
backbreaking,
exigent
in the sense of punishing
his punishing work schedule
Synonyms
hard,
taxing,
demanding,
grinding,
wearing,
tiring,
exhausting,
uphill,
gruelling,
strenuous,
arduous,
burdensome,
backbreaking
in the sense of stressful
I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.
Synonyms
worrying,
anxious,
tense,
trying,
hard,
taxing,
demanding,
wearing,
tough,
draining,
exhausting,
exacting,
traumatic,
agitating,
nerve-racking
in the sense of tiring
It had been a long and tiring day.
Synonyms
exhausting,
demanding,
wearing,
tough,
exacting,
fatiguing,
wearying,
strenuous,
arduous,
laborious,
enervative
in the sense of tough
Definition
difficult or troublesome to do or deal with
It was a tough decision but I think we made the right one.
Synonyms
difficult,
hard,
puzzling,
baffling,
troublesome,
perplexing,
thorny,
knotty
in the sense of trying
Definition
upsetting, difficult, or annoying
The whole business has been very trying.
Synonyms
annoying,
hard,
taxing,
difficult,
tough,
upsetting,
irritating,
fatiguing,
stressful,
aggravating (informal),
troublesome,
exasperating,
arduous,
tiresome,
vexing,
irksome,
wearisome,
bothersome
in the sense of wearing
Definition
causing exhaustion and sometimes irritation
She finds his continual demands very wearing.
Synonyms
tiresome,
trying,
taxing,
tiring,
exhausting,
fatiguing,
oppressive,
exasperating,
irksome,
wearisome
in the sense of wearisome
Definition
causing fatigue and irritation
a long and wearisome task
Synonyms
tedious,
trying,
wearing,
boring,
exhausting,
dull,
annoying,
fatiguing,
troublesome,
oppressive,
exasperating,
tiresome,
monotonous,
prosaic,
humdrum,
burdensome,
uninteresting,
mind-numbing,
irksome,
bothersome,
vexatious,
pestilential
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