strenuous
adjective
uk/ˈstren.ju.əs/us/ˈstren.ju.əs/C2
needingor using a lot ofphysicalormentaleffortorenergy:
费力的,费劲的;繁重的;耗费精力的Herarelydoes anything more strenuous thanchangingthechannelson thetelevision.他很少做比换电视频道更费神的事。
Hisdoctoradvisedhim not to do any strenuousexercise.他的医生建议他不要做任何剧烈运动。
Strenuouseffortswere madethroughoutthewartodisguisethescaleofciviliancasualties.整个战争期间,政府都在煞费苦心地掩盖平民的伤亡程度。
Effort and expending energy
- assiduity
- assiduous
- assiduously
- assiduousness
- be running on emptyidiom
- blood
- elbow grease
- fight
- hamster wheel
- hard at itidiom
- heavy lifting
- heroically
- kill
- push
- putsomethingin/putsomethingintosomething
- rearguard action
- set/putyourmind tosomethingidiom
- shot
- slog
- slugger
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Complicated and difficult to do