| 单词 | grueling |
| 释义 | grueling (once / 7828 pages) adj If a job is grueling, that means it is really difficult. If a race is grueling, that means it is really difficult. If a trip to the dentist is grueling, that means you need to toughen up. Once upon a time in a land far far away (like eighteenth century England) there was an expression, to “get one’s gruel,” which meant “receive one’s punishment.” This saying morphed into the word grueling, which can be applied to any punishing activity. Presumably, to “get one’s gruel” involved horrible punishments, but now the more pampered among us might even find a long tennis match grueling. WORD FAMILYgrueling: gruelingest, gruelingly USAGE EXAMPLESHe became the first Briton to win the Tour de France when he triumphed in cycling’s most grueling race in 2012. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) “And it was obvious real quick that their work is grueling – mentally, emotionally, financially and physically.” New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The Gainesville native’s two years of grueling rehab were finally validated. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) adj characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort a grueling campaign Syn arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome effortful requiring great physical effort |
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