gruelling

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈɡruː.ə.lɪŋ]
• 美式音标 [ˈɡruː.ə.lɪŋ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 折磨人的；繁重累人的；使人精疲力尽的
• n. 惩罚；痛打
• v. 累垮；惩罚（gruel的ing形式）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• He can point to his performance on the campaign trail—a gruelling test of fitness.
  他可以指出他竞选活动一路来的表现，这可是对体能严苛的考验啊。
• THE future of air travel does not have to bring yet more queues, gruelling delays and growing pollution.
  航空旅行不一定非要在未来带来更多的长队、让人无法容忍的延误和加剧的污染。
• The study discovered that certain pain-associated words such as 'tormenting' or 'gruelling' stimulate the pain area of the brain - even when no pain is actually administered.
  研究人员发现，人们听到一些与疼痛相关的词 汇（例如“痛苦的”、“折磨人的”）时，脑部与痛感相关的区域会被激活--即便这些痛感并非实际存在也会让人产生疼痛感。

权威例句

• He can point to his performance on the campaign trail—a gruelling test of fitness.
  ECONOMIST: Lexington
• By contrast, independent higher education in Slovenia is held back by gruelling bureaucratic obstacles.
  ECONOMIST: Estonia and Slovenia

词组短语

短语

• gruelling trial [法]疲劳审讯;翻译
• gruelling wear 极度严重的磨损
• gruelling test 疲劳试验
• a gruelling match 激烈的比赛
• a gruelling experience 一个使人精疲力尽的艰苦经历

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination

柯林斯英英字典

• AM grueling