arduous

单词音标

arduous音标[\'ɑ:djuәs]

汉语翻译

a. 费力的, 努力的, 险峻的

词型变化

名词:arduousness副词:arduously

英语解释

形容词 arduous:

characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

同义词：backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome

taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance- F.D.Roosevelt

同义词：straining, strenuous

difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill

例句

Negotiating a reduction in nuclear arms is a long and arduous undertaking.

有关削减核武器的谈判是一项漫长而艰苦的工作

He mastered these words through the arduous consultation of the dictionary.

通过勤查字典，他掌握了这些单词。

Although the work was arduous, he finished it in a short time.

虽然这项工作很费力，他仍然很快就做完了。

It\'s an arduous task.

这是一项艰巨的任务。

详细解释

ar.du.ous

adj.（形容词）

Demanding great effort or labor; difficult:

艰巨的：需要很大努力或工作的；困难的：

例句：

.the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language.(Macaulay)

.制作一本英语语言词典的艰巨工作.(麦考利)

Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous:

艰难的：忍耐力的严格考验的；艰苦的：

例句：

a long, arduous, and exhausting war.

一次长期、艰难而疲惫不堪的战争

Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.See Synonyms at burdensome ,hard

难攀登的，陡峭的：难以通过、攀登或克服的参见 burdensome,hard

来源：

From Latin arduus [high, steep]

源自 拉丁语 arduus [高的，陡峭的]

【引伸】

ar.duously

adv.（副词）

ar.duousness

n.（名词）