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herculean

/hur-kyuh-lee-uhn, hur-kyoo-lee-uhn/US // ˌhɜr kyəˈli ən, hɜrˈkyu li ən //UK // (ˌhɜːkjʊˈliːən) //

艰苦卓绝,艰巨的,艰苦卓绝的,艰巨的任务

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.
    • : having enormous strength, courage, or size.
    • : of or relating to Hercules or his labors.

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Examples

  • The main conclusion is that a startling number of these athletes, who are presumably performing herculean feats in their training, are falling way short of their sleep goals.

  • It’s already a herculean task, and allows brains to literally link to a computer.

  • So, this was a herculean effort that has gone on all the time trying to do the vaccine studies for coronavirus disease, which we were also incredibly successful in.

  • Although slots are being made available now, it may be too little, too late for such a herculean task.

  • I mean, once you get a surge start happening, then it takes a herculean effort to turn it around.

  • For women with ADHD conforming to these problematic standards is a herculean task.

  • Those versions of the story present a Herculean drama of man versus nature.

  • It goes back to the Greeks and the idea of sport as some sort of Herculean sacrifice without personal enrichment.

  • Now even the scaled-down agreement is proving a herculean task.

  • Tangling with the ancients in this way takes a certain Herculean arrogance.

  • She comprehended at a glance his herculean abilities, and the important aid he could render the Republican cause.

  • My thoughts had never depicted such a herculean and rude specimen of humanity.

  • It was a complete breakdown, pitiful from its contrast with the man's herculean physique and fine, if contracted, features.

  • Between these Herculean shoulders rose a neck of which the muscles stood out like cords.

  • No boisterous revelry—all seemed to sleep innocent and calm in the moonlight after the day of herculean toil.