gruelling
gruelling 英 [ˈgru:əlɪŋ] 美 [ˈɡruəlɪŋ, ˈɡrulɪŋ]
adj. 折磨人的；繁重累人的；使人精疲力尽的 n. 惩罚；痛打 v. 累垮；惩罚（gruel的ing形式）
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- adj. 折磨人的；繁重累人的；使人精疲力尽的
- n. 惩罚；痛打
- v. 累垮；惩罚（gruel的ing形式）
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1. He can point to his performance on the campaign trail—a gruelling test of fitness.
他可以指出他竞选活动一路来的表现，这可是对体能严苛的考验啊。
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2. Although we'd anticipated the journey would be gruelling, by the end of the first day we better understood the Joni Mitchell phrase "porous with travel fever".
尽管我们预计旅行会很艰苦，但是到了旅行开始第一天的晚上，我们就更懂得了琼尼 米歇尔的话——旅行热无处不在。
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3. The technique would save elderly patients from having to undergo gruelling operations to replace joints that have worn away.
这项技术也将可以让老年患者从不得已的替换磨损关节的手术折磨中解脱出来。
- gruelling (adj.) also grueling, "exhausting, punishing," 1852, present-participle adjective from gruel (v.) "to punish," from late 18c. slang get (or have) one's gruel "receive one's punishment," from gruel (n.).
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