gruelling

adj.

1. 使人筋疲力尽的；折磨人的
   very difficult and tiring, needing great effort for a long time
   1. a gruelling journey/schedule
      使人筋疲力尽的旅程；累人的日程安排
   2. I've had a gruelling day.
      我一天下来累得筋疲力尽。

in AM, use 美国英语用 grueling


1. ADJ-GRADED 累垮人的；艰难的；令人筋疲力尽的
   A gruelling activity is extremely difficult and tiring to do.
   1. He had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week...
      完成上周紧张的日程安排后，他抱怨自己累得筋疲力尽。
   2. This flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
      这次飞行比我预想的更累！

1. He had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week
   完成上周紧张的日程安排后，他抱怨自己累得筋疲力尽。
2. This flight was more gruelling than I had expected.
   这次飞行比我预想的更累！
3. Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill.
   斯托克斯先生可以预见下一周会被枯燥繁重的宣传工作搞得焦头烂额。
4. 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。
5. The professor found as soon as we hear words like "tormenting"," gruelling "or" plaguing", the exact areas in the brain that deal with pain are activated.
   教授还发现，只要我们听到类似痛苦的、折磨人的、苦恼的的词汇，大脑中的这个相关区域就立刻被激活。
6. The book borrows one harrowing chapter in which an expedition team becomes trapped down a crevasse and the gruelling rescue, from his own pre-White Desert experiences.
   书中有一章是介绍探险队陷入了冰缝中，精疲力竭等待救援的故事，这就是从他自身经历取材的。
7. Angelina Jolie plans to marry Brad Pitt 'sooner rather than later' following her gruelling double mastectomy.
   做完预防性双侧乳腺切除术后，安吉丽娜朱莉计划与布拉德皮特的婚礼宜早不宜迟。
8. Whether her Republican opponent is Jeb Bush, or someone else, the battle ahead is certain to be gruelling.
   不管她的共和党对手是杰布布什（JebBush）还是其他人，未来的战斗必定艰苦。
9. For the next decade Espinosa endured gruelling chemotherapy, had his leg amputated, lost a lung and had part of his liver removed.
   接下来的十年埃斯皮诺萨忍受着痛苦的化疗，他的腿被截肢，失去了肺，部分肝脏被切除。
10. A devoted father has completed a triathlon carrying his 13-year-old cerebral palsy-afflicted daughter across land and through water so that she could complete the gruelling event.
    一位尽职的父亲带着他患有脑瘫的13岁女儿，跋山涉水一起完成了累人的铁人三项比赛。
11. Supporters of Obama claimed Romney had won nearly all of the debates during his gruelling nomination process.
    奥巴马的支持者声称罗姆尼在他艰苦的提名过程中已经赢得了几乎所有的辩论。
12. A return to lower compensation would also hit hard in a world where bankers have grown used to working gruelling hours and changing employers regularly.
    银行家们已经习惯于长期劳累地加班和定期更换员工，因此向更低薪酬的回归还会对银行业造成重大冲击。
13. The recruits were put through a week of gruelling endurance tests.
    新兵要接受为期一周艰苦的耐力测试。
14. The most gruelling part of my trip.
    我的旅程中最艰难的一段。
15. A gruelling climb, race, trial, ordeal, etc.
    使人筋疲力竭的攀登、竞赛、审讯、考验等。
16. But far from being a workers 'paradise, Japan has been a country of hardship and discrimination for Mr Zhou and many of his compatriots, who are often forced to work long hours in gruelling conditions for less than minimum wages.
    但是对周连康及其许多同胞而言，日本远非工人的天堂，而是一个充满艰辛和歧视的国家。他们经常被迫在艰苦的条件下长时间工作，薪水却低于最低工资标准。
17. A British leukaemia patient rolled into Sydney after a gruelling fundraising ride on a vintage penny farthing bicycle across the Australian outback.
    为了给患有白血病的孩子募捐，英国白血病患者劳埃德·斯科特骑异形自行车成功穿越了澳大利亚沙漠地带，并于12月2日到达目的地悉尼。
18. He kept up with the gruelling casework, particularly in a course called Human Organization and Behavior.
    他不断做好累人的社会工作，尤其是涉及人类组织和行为这一课程。
19. 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。
20. The LDP's slumping fortunes threaten the seats of leading members, who previously saw re-election as near-automatic but are now deep in gruelling rounds of stump speeches.
    自民党陨落的命运，威胁到了其领导成员的议席，这些领导人曾将再度当选视为一种近乎自动化的程序，但现在都竭尽全力投入一轮又一轮繁重的竞选演说。
21. This can be an advantage for you as you will not take the gruelling test anymore.
    这可以是一个优势，为你，你会不会采取艰难的考验了。
22. 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。
23. 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、人无法容忍的延误和加剧的污染。
24. The Wales midfielder suffered a double fracture to his right leg at Stoke in February and has spent the past eight months on a gruelling rehabilitation programme.
    二月在斯托克这位威尔士中场遭遇右腿胫骨腓骨双重骨折，过去八个月他一直在漫长痛苦的恢复过程中。
25. He was plagued by self-doubt, and a gruelling schedule of touring and recording only exacerbated his increasing dependency on drugs.
    他被对自我的怀疑不断缠扰。而叫人疲惫不堪的巡回演出、音乐录制的日程安排只能加剧他不断对毒品的依赖。
26. Since then he has embarked on a gruelling rehabilitation programme and has proved his fitness with some impressive displays in pre-season.
    自那次受伤后，凯利开展了痛苦而漫长的康复计划，并且在季前赛中展现了令人信服的康复程度。
27. MBAs hired as first-year associates work gruelling hours ( 80-90 hours a week even as interns) and have to face starting again near the bottom of the food chain.
    被聘为经理的MBA，在第一年就要极度紧张地工作（甚至在当实习生的时候，每周都要工作80到90个小时），而且还要面对从食物链最底层做起的现实。
28. Cadres are put through a gruelling process of talent selection and only those with an excellent performance record make it to the highest levels.
    党员干部需要经历严格的人才选拔过程，只有那些表现优秀的人才能升入最高层。
29. While large gifts may be landing at the doors of business schools, the task of telephoning alumni and others to ask for money can be gruelling and often disheartening.
    尽管商学院里或许会有大笔捐赠送上门来，但给校友和其他人打电话筹款的任务，可能让人精疲力竭，而且时常会感到沮丧。
30. Mourinho took his charges for a gruelling tour of the US earlier this summer and on Wednesday they will face SPL champions Celtic, ahead of this weekend's Community Shield clash with Liverpool.
    结束了美国之行，老穆要面对苏超冠军凯而特人的热身挑战，随后与利物浦打响社区盾杯决战。

adj

1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
   1. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
   2. a grueling campaign
   3. hard labor
   4. heavy work
   5. heavy going
   6. spent many laborious hours on the project
   7. set a punishing pace

   Synonym:    arduousbackbreakinggruelinghardheavylaboriousoperosepunishingtoilsome