arduous 音标拼音: ['ɑrdʒuəs]
a . 费力的,辛勤的,险峻的
费力的,辛勤的,险峻的
arduous adj 1 :
characterized by 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 " [
synonym : {
arduous },
{
backbreaking }, {
grueling }, {
gruelling }, {
hard }, {
heavy },
{
laborious }, {
operose }, {
punishing }, {
toilsome }]
2 :
taxing to the utmost ;
testing powers of endurance ; "
his final ,
straining burst of speed "; "
a strenuous task "; "
your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here "-
F .
D .
Roosevelt [
synonym : {
arduous }, {
straining }, {
strenuous }]
3 :
difficult to accomplish ;
demanding considerable mental effort and skill ; "
the arduous work of preparing a dictionary "
Arduous \
Ar "
du *
ous \ (?;
135 ),
a . [
L .
arduus steep ,
high ;
akin to Ir .
ard high ,
height .]
1 .
Steep and lofty ,
in a literal sense ;
hard to climb .
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Those arduous paths they trod . --
Pope .
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2 .
Attended with great labor ,
like the ascending of acclivities ;
difficult ;
laborious ;
as ,
an arduous employment ,
task ,
or enterprise .
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Syn :
Difficult ;
trying ;
laborious ;
painful ;
exhausting .
Usage : {
Arduous }, {
Hard }, {
Difficult }.
Hard is simpler ,
blunter ,
and more general in sense than difficult ;
as ,
a hard duty to perform ,
hard work ,
a hard task ,
one which requires much bodily effort and perseverance to do .
Difficult commonly implies more skill and sagacity than hard ,
as when there is disproportion between the means and the end .
A work may be hard but not difficult .
We call a thing arduous when it requires strenuous and persevering exertion ,
like that of one who is climbing a precipice ;
as ,
an arduous task ,
an arduous duty . "
It is often difficult to control our feelings ;
it is still harder to subdue our will ;
but it is an arduous undertaking to control the unruly and contending will of others ."
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
arduous ":
Herculean ,
abrupt ,
abstruse ,
backbreaking ,
brutal ,
burdensome ,
complex ,
critical ,
crushing ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
difficile ,
difficult ,
effortful ,
energetic ,
exacting ,
exhausting ,
fatiguing ,
forced ,
formidable ,
grueling ,
hairy ,
hard ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
intricate ,
jawbreaking ,
killing ,
knotted ,
knotty ,
labored ,
laborious ,
mean ,
no picnic ,
not easy ,
onerous ,
operose ,
oppressive ,
painful ,
precipitate ,
precipitous ,
punishing ,
rigorous ,
rough ,
rugged ,
set with thorns ,
severe ,
sheer ,
sideling ,
spiny ,
steep ,
stickle ,
strained ,
strenuous ,
taxing ,
thorny ,
ticklish ,
tiring ,
toilsome ,
tough ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
troublesome ,
trying ,
uphill ,
vigorous ,
wearisome ,
wicked
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