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"