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单词 bruising
释义

bruising

/ˈbruːzɪŋ /
adjective
1Causing a bruise or bruises: his legs took the bruising blows...
  • For his intentionally bruising play, Ingram will not be punished.
  • As was expected, this was a bruising encounter with both boxers trading punch for punch and bringing the crowd to its feet on a number of occasions.
  • Heavyweight boxers usually slump into an exhausted embrace after battering each other for 15 bruising rounds.
1.1(Of a competitive situation) conducted in an aggressive way and likely to be stressful: a bruising cabinet battle over public spending...
  • It will also make sure that the new product wins the bruising battle with the competition to be the number one games console in homes, which in turn will lead to hefty returns in the future.
  • The cull of Scottish Westminster MPs was last night given the go-ahead by Labour, sparking off a bruising battle for survival for two Scottish Cabinet ministers.
  • When we return: the president's most controversial Cabinet nominee survives a bruising Senate confirmation.
noun [mass noun]
Bruises on the skin: her arm showed signs of bruising...
  • Wounds, bruisings, and bee stings accounted for another 21 percent, fractures and dislocations a mere 7 percent, and head injuries 2 percent.
  • The pants were straight legged, so they didn't show any bony legs and yet at the bottom, they still showed the right amount of skin, with no bruising.
  • For some of the lasers, you will get temporary bruising of the skin and occasionally superficial scabbing.

Derivatives

bruisingly

adverb ...
  • From her bruisingly confessional lyrics to her painfully honest outbursts in front of reporters and TV cameras, she has talked herself into trouble countless times with her reckless, wayward, mutinous mouth.
  • But in the bruisingly fast world of battered global computer companies, a formidable weight rests on the slender shoulders of this 39-year-old.
  • The story of bachelor John Bosco McLane and his ambition to get a woman at all costs wowed US audiences, with the New York Times describing it as ‘fiercely serious and bruisingly hilarious‘.
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