单词gruelling
adj.: 使人筋疲力尽的；折磨人的
n.: 惩罚
网络: 繁重而累人的；艰苦的；使人精疲力尽的
使人筋疲力尽的；折磨人的:
very difficult and tiring, needing great effort for a long time
很吃力
劳累;惩罚
痛打,惩罚
折磨人的;惩罚的
使极度疲劳的,激烈的
Adj.+n.:
gruelling schedule,gruelling task
adj.arduousexhaustingdemandingtaxingtough
adj.easy
Margaret"s first speech, in a hectic and gruelling three-week campaign, took place in her own constituency of Finchley and Friern Barnet.
第一次演讲，玛格丽特是在自己的选区芬奇莱和弗里恩巴奈特发表的，三个星期的活动十分紧张和辛苦。
He said: "It was a gruelling night with a total shooting time was 15 hours in freezing conditions, sunset to sunrise. "
他说：“在那非常寒冷的环境中进行了15小时繁重的摄影工作，从日落到日出。”
With the help of a personal trainer and gruelling fitness regime, the pounds continued to slip off, losing a further 16 stone.
有了个人治疗和合适体制的帮助，她的体重不断减少，瘦了224磅之多。
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。
In 1995, she became the youngest female athlete to complete the gruelling Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, and she was only 18 when she did so.
1995年，她成为最年轻的女性运动员竞争夏威夷铁人三项全能，那时她仅仅18岁。
But the end to gruelling daylight abstinence and excessive night-time revelry is not the only relief.
但白天忍受禁食折磨晚上纵情狂欢的结束并不是唯一的解脱。
America"s first free municipal university, founded in 1847, offered its services to everyone bright enough to meet its gruelling standards.
美国第一所市立免费大学创建于1847年，它为任何聪明才智足以应付其严格入学标准的人提供服务。
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。
But could a daily dose of rib-tickling comedy reap some of the benefits of a gruelling workout?
但是每日一次的引人发笑的有趣的事情是否能够获得由一次严厉锻炼带来的的好处呢？
Life in space has glamorous, adventure-filled connotations, but the reality is a gruelling psychological challenge. . .
太空生活充满了魅力和冒险，可是现实却是一场令人精疲力竭的心理挑战…