gruelling

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gru·el·ling British English, grueling American English /ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/ adjective  DIFFICULTvery difficult and tiring 非常累人的 The cast took a break from their gruelling schedule. 演员们在繁重的工作日程中忙里偷闲，休息了一会儿。 a grueling journey 劳累的旅途► see thesaurus at tiring

Examples from the Corpus

gruelling• Or see them through an abortion, a divorce, a gruelling court-case?• The Le Mans 24 hour race is the most gruelling event in the motor-racing calendar.• Events include Hang Tough - a gruelling game of aerial chess - and Atlaspheres, a battle fought in giant globes.• It could take fourteen weeks to complete the gruelling journey on foot from London to Rome in the Middle Ages.• A chance for a last flourish and a bit of fun at the end of a gruelling league campaign.• McAllister should be on his knees after a gruelling month at Elland Road.• Middlesbrough face a gruelling ten-match programme in April.• He has a serious nature and his powers of concentration are a boon when it comes to his gruelling training schedule.• In his gruelling work schedule, sixty-year old Garrett continues at a rate that would tax many men half his age.

gru·el·ling adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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gruelling
gru‧el‧ling British English, grueling American English /ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/ adjectivevery difficult and tiring:
    The cast took a break from their gruelling schedule.
    a grueling journey
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ tiring making you feel that you want to sleep or rest: The journey was really tiring. | I’ve had such a tiring day. | It was tiring work.
   ▪ exhausting extremely tiring: I had to drive nine hours without a break – it was exhausting. | an exhausting week of singing, acting, and dancing
   ▪ hard very tiring and difficult – used about days, journeys etc: a hard day at work | The last part of the journey was very hard.
   ▪ wearing /ˈweərɪŋ $ ˈwer-/ tiring because you have to use a lot of your mental energy, and often become bored – used about people, situations etc: I find her constant questions rather wearing. | Kids of that age can be very wearing. | His films always tend to have the same plots, which does get rather wearing after a while.
   ▪ gruelling British English, grueling American English (also punishing) very tiring physically or mentally – used when you have to keep doing something for a long time: a gruelling journey across the desert | a gruelling race | a punishing schedule | a punishing exercise regime
   ▪ backbreaking backbreaking work is extremely tiring and needs a lot of physical effort: Clearing the land was slow backbreaking work. | Laborers were paid $2 a day for backbreaking farm work.
   ▪ something is a killer informal used when saying that something is extremely tiring: Today was a real killer.
   ▪ fatiguing formal making you feel very tired: Factory work was repetitive and fatiguing.

gruel·ling (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gruel·ing) BrE /ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡruːəlɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectivevery difficult and tiring, needing great effort for a long time 使人筋疲力尽的；折磨人的 SYN punishing ◆a gruelling journey/schedule 使人筋疲力尽的旅程；累人的日程◆I've had a gruelling day. 我一天下来累得筋疲力尽。🔊🔊