punishing
adjective
uk/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/verydifficultand making youfeeltired:
繁重的,使人疲惫不堪的,累人的Currently she has a punishingscheduleof fivepresentationsaday.目前她的日程安排很繁重,一天要演出5场。
Synonyms
backbreaking
gruellingmainlyUK
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
punishing
noun
informaluk/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/take a punishing
to bedamagedbecause ofroughtreatment:
被破坏,受到损耗Mytyrestookquitea punishing on theroughterrain.我的车胎在崎岖的地面上磨损得很厉害。
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- alloy
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- scuff
- sour
- wreck