punishing

英 ['pʌnɪʃɪŋ] 美 ['pʌnɪʃɪŋ]

• adj. 艰难持久的；精疲力尽的
• 动词punish的现在分词.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. resulting in punishment;

   "the king imposed a punishing tax"
   

2. 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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. 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。

词汇搭配

• punish 惩罚

近反义词

【近义词】

• grueling 折磨人的
• arduous 费力的
• gruelling 繁重而累人的...
• laborious 艰苦的
• exhausting 疲倦的
• demanding 要求多的
• tiring 令人疲倦的
• strenuous 奋发的
• harsh 粗糙的
• severe 严厉的
• unremitting 不懈的
• operose 费力的
• toilsome 费力的
• heavy 大(量)的
• backbreaking 非常辛苦的
• hard 硬的