backbreaking
英[\'bækˌbreɪkɪŋ]
美[ˈbækˌbrekɪŋ]
基本释义
- adj.
- （体力劳动）艰苦繁重的，累死人的
实用例句
These machines would relieve the peasants of their backbreaking labour.
这些机器可以把农民从繁重的体力劳动中解放出来.
《简明英汉词典》
That's backbreaking work and may be too much for us.
这可是累人的工作,我们可能负荷不了.
辞典例句
Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.
翻整花园的地是件累人的活.
辞典例句
To look after these children is really a backbreaking job.
照看这些孩子确实是一件非常累人的事.
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英英释义
Adjective
1. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;
"worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
"a grueling campaign"
"hard labor"
"heavy work"
"heavy going"
"spent many laborious hours on the project"
"set a punishing pace"