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punishingly adverb uk /ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ.li/ us /ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ.li/ in a way that is very difficult to do or cope with, or makes you feel very tired: 繁重费力的,艰难的 a punishingly heavy workload 繁重的工作量 Instead of gaining momentum, the saga turns punishingly dull. 这部传奇不但没有愈加精彩,反而变得乏味无奇。 See
punishing The month of January was punishingly cold. Punishingly hard work and financial instability took its toll. Our property taxes are punishingly high. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Complicated and difficult to do advanced ambitious ambitiously another arduous formidable formidably get blood out of/from a stoneidiom grail gruelling onerous onerously overdemanding painstaking picnic trickily tricky tuff ultra-sensitive unintuitive |