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"
grueling的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
The Hawaii Ironman is even more grueling. 夏威夷铁人三项赛就更艰巨了。
The presentation of future plans had been a grueling work. 制定这些计划是一项令人精疲力竭的工作。