punishing

美['pʌnɪʃɪŋ] 英['pʌnɪʃɪŋ]

adj. 艰难持久的；精疲力尽的

sp. 动词punish的现在分词.

近义词：grueling，arduous，gruelling，laborious，exhausting，demanding，tiring，strenuous，harsh，severe，unremitting，operose，toilsome，heavy，backbreaking，hard，

Adjective

resulting in punishment;
"the king imposed a punishing tax"
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"

用作形容词(adj.)

The President has a punishing schedule for the next six months.总统今后六个月的工作日程十分繁忙。

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