| 单词 | arduous |
| 释义 | arduous adjective uk/ˈɑː.dʒu.əs/us/ˈɑːr.dʒu.əs/difficult,needinga lot ofeffortandenergy: 艰难的，艰巨的；费力的an arduousclimb/task/journey举步维艰的攀登／艰巨的任务／艰难的旅程 Synonyms backbreaking gruellingmainlyUK laborious Complicated and difficult to do
arduous| American Dictionaryarduous adjective us/ˈɑr·dʒu·əs/difficultandtiring, orneedingagreatdealofeffort: In thosedays, atripto theWestwas an arduousjourney. Examplesofarduousarduous It is to these influences and the net effects of poverty, deprivation and early andarduousemployment on children's welfare that we now turn. From theCambridge English Corpus The task of compiling a family reconstitution for a village isarduous, and sometimes ' ' extremely so. From theCambridge English Corpus Domestic work remained especiallyarduoussince, even in the 1970s, a large part of rural housing lacked basic amenities. From theCambridge English Corpus The journey into evacuation, although often long and almost inevitablyarduous, traversed no international boundary. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite all this, completing the book - though immensely rewarding - is anarduousundertaking. From theCambridge English Corpus The network of safety rehumanized patients by providing a sense of safety in the face ofarduoustreatment and recovery. From theCambridge English Corpus No longer is it such anarduoustask to keep track of words that never stay still, though problems for dictionary-makers still abound. From theCambridge English Corpus His birthplace, however, proved a partial salvation from thearduousand debilitating routine of plantation labour in the coffee fields. From theCambridge English Corpus But the following two examples show that this could bearduous. From theCambridge English Corpus For their part, the women are probably happy enough to be relieved of what (despite its romantic possibilities) is sucharduous, unpleasant and low-status toil. From theCambridge English Corpus To better our condition on a continuous basis is anarduousprocess, one that must ultimately undermine our efforts at moral improvement. From theCambridge English Corpus Choosing deliberately to care and to maintain the relationship through sickness, even when this wasarduous, gave them gratification. From theCambridge English Corpus Generalizing the accumulated knowledge of this rural past becomes anarduoustask, therefore. From theCambridge English Corpus Clarification of this point would however be extremelyarduousand is beyond the scope of this present paper. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, since new recruits were commonly assigned the most physically taxing work, older members could be released for lessarduoustasks. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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