punishing

英 [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ]

adj.  艰难持久的; 令人筋疲力尽的
v.  处罚; 惩罚; 对…判罪; 判定…的处罚方式; 责怪(自己); 自责
punish的现在分词

现在分词：punishing　

Collins.1 / BNC.18628 / COCA.14539

牛津词典

adj.

• 艰难持久的；令人筋疲力尽的
  long and difficult and making you work hard so you become very tired
  1. The President has a punishing schedule for the next six months.
     总统今后六个月的工作日程十分繁忙。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 繁重费力的；艰难的
  Apunishingschedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak.
  1. He claimed his punishing work schedule had made him resort to taking the drug...
     他声称繁重的工作安排使他不得不依靠服药来维持精力。
  2. Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.
     除了节制饮食，他还设计了魔鬼健身计划。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  1. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
  2. a grueling campaign
  3. hard labor
  4. heavy work
  5. heavy going
  6. spent many laborious hours on the project
  7. set a punishing pace
  Synonym:arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardheavylaboriousoperosetoilsome
• resulting in punishment
  1. the king imposed a punishing tax

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