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"