characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" 同义词：arduous, backbreaking, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome,
例句与用法
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Margaret's first speech, in a hectic and gruelling three-week campaign, took place in her own constituency of finchley and friern barnet . 第一次演讲，玛格丽特是在自己的选区芬奇莱和弗里恩巴奈特发表的，三个星期的活动十分紧张和辛苦。
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The final bout of fireworks was a gruelling for both champions 最后的信号打响后，两个斗士都遭到重创。
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The race became physically and mentally gruelling , strikingly beautiful and spectacular 赛跑身体上并且精神上变得严厉、惊人地美丽、惊人。
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These questions were asked of around 1 , 200 students who attempted the notoriously gruelling oxbridge interview process last year 这些问题都是去年1200名学生在牛津及剑桥大学的面试中所遇到的。
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This feature saves administrators from the gruelling task of finding the right configuration parameters that best suit a database 这一特性就避免了管理员费尽心思地去寻找最适合数据库的配置参数。
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The hall of protective harmony is where the emperors gave banquets and interviewed those who had successfully passed the gruelling imperial examinations 保和殿是皇帝赐宴和殿试状员的场所。这是座。
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It was gruelling , hot , dirty and heartbreaking work . " after that we had to go to the mortuary where victims relatives were waiting 陈展翔又说：火灾现场的工作完成后，我们到达殓房，并须面对遇难者亲属。
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After 15 gruelling but majestic holes , the virgin player is still unprepared for the " toughest finish in golf " 即使是经过了前15个洞精疲力竭的鏖战，第一次到这一场地的选手仍然没有准备好迎接最艰难的收尾一洞。
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He was plagued by self - doubt , and a gruelling schedule of touring and recording only exacerbated his increasing dependency on drugs 可在幕后，这位明星有了麻烦。他的婚姻在1972年破裂。 1973年，在他生日那天，他提出了离婚。
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America ' s first free municipal university , founded in 1847 , offered its services to everyone bright enough to meet its gruelling standards 美国第一所市立免费大学创建于1847年，它为任何聪明才智足以应付其严格入学标准的人提供服务。
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