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"
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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。
