V2EX grueling

Grueling

定义 Definition

adjective 令人精疲力竭的;极其艰苦的。形容某项活动、任务或经历非常消耗体力或精力。

发音 Pronunciation

/rul/

例句 Examples

The marathon was grueling, but she finished it.
那场马拉松赛极其艰苦,但她还是跑完了。

After a grueling twelve-hour shift at the hospital, the young doctor collapsed onto the couch without even removing her shoes.
在医院经历了一场令人精疲力竭的十二小时轮班后,那位年轻医生连鞋都没脱就瘫倒在了沙发上。

词源 Etymology

Grueling 源自动词 gruel(惩罚、使精疲力竭),而 gruel 本身来自古法语 gruel,意为"粗磨谷物",即一种稀粥。在英国俚语中,"get one's gruel" 意为"受到惩罚",因为稀粥常与贫穷、艰苦的生活条件联系在一起。由此引申出"令人筋疲力尽的"之意。该词约在19世纪初开始广泛使用。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 查尔斯狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》(Oliver Twist) 中对孤儿院艰苦生活的描写常与 grueling 的语境相关,稀粥(gruel)本身也是该小说的标志性意象。
  • 杰克伦敦的《野性的呼唤》(The Call of the Wild) 中描述了雪橇犬在阿拉斯加荒野中经历的 grueling 旅途。
  • 科马克麦卡锡的《路》(The Road) 中,父子二人在末日荒原中的跋涉被广泛形容为 grueling
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