| 单词 | punishing |
| 释义 | punishing (once / 1851 pages) adj Something punishing is extremely physically difficult to do. On a very hot, humid day, even a 5K is a punishing race to run. Anything that exhausts you because it's so demanding can be described with the adjective punishing. A punishing hike leaves you gasping and applying bandages to your blisters. A punishing argument with your family is more mentally arduous. Sometimes, punishing things weaken or debilitate: "The lack of snow had a punishing result for the ski industry." Rarely, punishing also means "leading to punishment." WORD FAMILYpunishing: punishingly+/punish: punishable, punished, punishes, punishing, punishment/punishable: punishably/punished: unpunished/punishment: punishments, self-punishment USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the detectives work alongside a vicious system on the streets for punishing police cooperators. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Their showdown pits the Tigers’ mostly aerial attack against a Buckeyes offense that dominates with a punishing ground game and the run-pass option. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) The shoot for Manchester by the Sea, for example, was sandwiched between two punishing Broadway productions. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort set a punishing pace Syn arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome effortful requiring great physical effort 2adj resulting in punishment the king imposed a punishing tax |
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