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arduously

/ahr-joo-uhs or, especially British, ahr-dyoo-/US // ˈɑr dʒu əs or, especially British, ˈɑr dyu- //UK // (ˈɑːdjʊəs) //

艰辛地,艰苦地,艰苦奋斗,艰难地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
    • : requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous: making an arduous effort.
    • : hard to climb; steep: an arduous path up the hill.
    • : hard to endure; full of hardships; severe: an arduous winter.

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Examples

  • We were soaking in sweat from the arduous climb and shivering from the cold at the same time.

  • By proceeding to complete the famously arduous challenge Saturday, the 21-year-old Florida resident did not just prove his worth as a swimmer, cyclist and marathon runner — he cemented himself as a trailblazer.

  • Finding the bioluminescent gene is an arduous task, explains Gruber.

  • What that means, in practice, is that a senator tells the majority leader’s office they will demand a 60-vote threshold to move forward on the legislation, and moreover, they will make it slow and arduous to even get to the cloture vote.

  • Clearly, getting the parties into the e-closing room is the holy grail for revolutionizing just about the most arduous process in our financial lives.

  • She and others were questioned long and arduously by police without result.

  • In the conventional significance of the word her life was hardly toilsome, but it was none the less most arduously occupied.

  • Arduously, but without avail, she searched through all the drawers and cupboards of the Rattle-Pane kitchen.

  • "You have been working most arduously, Senor Carson," said Quesada.

  • From year to year he was arduously employed on most of the standing and many other important committees.