demanding
adjective
uk/dɪˈmɑːn.dɪŋ/us/dɪˈmæn.dɪŋ/B2
needinga lot oftime,attention, orenergy:
费时费力的，耗费精力的She's a very demandingchild.她是个特别不让人省心的孩子。
a demandingjob/task艰巨的工作／任务
not easy to deal with or understand
- difficultIt's very difficult to find a job in this city.
- hardThe exam was really hard.
- complicatedThe instructions were so complicated I just couldn't follow them.
- complexDesigning a house is a complex process.
- trickyIt's quite tricky getting the puzzle pieces to fit together.
- She'shopingtofindajobwhich is more demandingintellectually.
- Policeworkisphysicallydemanding andstressful.
- Mypresentjobdoesn'tstretchme, so I'mlookingfor something more demanding.
- I like anicelightnoveltoreadwhen I'm onholiday- nothing too demanding.
- The lastpartof apieceofmusicis often moretechnicallydemanding than therest.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- gruelling
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
Opposite
undemanding