| 单词 | Herculean |
| 释义 | Herculean adjective uk/ˌhɜː.kjəˈliː.ən/us/ˌhɝː.kjuˈliː.ən/needinggreatstrengthanddetermination: 艰巨的，费力的；需要决心的a Herculeaneffort巨大的努力 Shefacesthe Herculeantaskofbringingup fourchildrensingle-handedly.她面临着独自养育4个孩子的艰巨任务。 Complicated and difficult to do
herculean| American Dictionaryherculean adjective[not gradable] us/ˌhɜr·kjəˈli·ən,hərˈkju·li·ən/having orneedinggreatstrengthoreffort: She had the herculeantaskofbringingup fourchildrensingle-handedly. ExamplesofHerculeanHerculean It tookherculeanefforts to survive the ordeal of fighting in such inhospitable space. From theCambridge English Corpus The editors have made aherculeaneffort in realizing this volume which is destined to become a benchmark contribution in this field. From theCambridge English Corpus The underlying scholarly labour has beenherculean. From theCambridge English Corpus I believe that the chairman of the committee and its members and the rapporteur have performed a similar,herculean, task. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English None the less, for all theirherculeanefforts, the vessel remained stranded for five days, and about 65,000 tonnes of oil has been spilt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He described the industry's task in meeting that target asherculean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that his own efforts to assist us in the employment field have beenherculean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have mountedherculeanefforts to provide the necessary support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have in front of us aherculeantask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish him well in hisherculeantask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have aherculeantask in trying to paint a picture of these tremendous industries in half an hour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It proved a very complex andherculeantask. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The scale is great and increasing in greatness, and the refugee problem demandsherculeanefforts to tackle it adequately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have made the domestic rate yield so large that the task of abolishing rates is even moreherculean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the present time the engineers and munition workers, in particular, are makingherculeanefforts to obtain the maximum production in war industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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