arduous
英 [ˈɑːdjuəs]
美 [ˈɑːrdʒuəs]
adj. 艰苦的; 艰难的
Collins.1 / BNC.13723 / COCA.12441
同义词辨析
difficultarduoushardtough【导航词义：困难的】
difficultadj. 困难的，不易的
〔辨析〕
指因需要努力或技巧而难以做成、理解或处理的。
〔例证〕
Moving that huge stone was difficult.
移动那块大石头很费劲。
The poem is difficult to read.
这首诗很难读懂。
The entrance exam of that school was not difficult.
那所学校的入学考试不难。
移动那块大石头很费劲。
The poem is difficult to read.
这首诗很难读懂。
The entrance exam of that school was not difficult.
那所学校的入学考试不难。
arduousadj. 费力的，艰巨的
〔辨析〕
尤指在一段时间内需耗费大量体力和精力才能完成的。
〔例证〕
The arduous task is of great challenge to him.
这项艰巨的工作对他是个很大的挑战。
All the 6 adventurers survived the arduous journey through the desert.
6名探险家都完成了穿越沙漠的艰难旅程。
这项艰巨的工作对他是个很大的挑战。
All the 6 adventurers survived the arduous journey through the desert.
6名探险家都完成了穿越沙漠的艰难旅程。
hardadj. 困难的，艰难的
〔辨析〕
指事情不好理解、处理或不容易做的。
〔例证〕
He found that it is hard to learn English well.
他发现学好英语很难。
It's hard to say which is right.
很难说哪一个是正确的。
More practice will make us a hard team to beat.
多加练习，我们就能成为一支难以战胜的球队。
他发现学好英语很难。
It's hard to say which is right.
很难说哪一个是正确的。
More practice will make us a hard team to beat.
多加练习，我们就能成为一支难以战胜的球队。
toughadj. 难办的，棘手的，费力的
〔辨析〕
因存在或将会引发问题等而难以完成或处理的，尤指在情感上难以抉择的。
〔例证〕
His company survived a tough year.
他的公司挺过了艰难的一年。
Those tough questions really embarrassed him.
那些难以回答的问题的确让他很难堪。
他的公司挺过了艰难的一年。
Those tough questions really embarrassed him.
那些难以回答的问题的确让他很难堪。
牛津词典
adj.
- 艰苦的；艰难的
involving a lot of effort and energy, especially over a period of time- an arduous journey across the Andes
翻越安第斯山脉的艰苦之行 - The work was arduous.
这项工作很艰巨。
- an arduous journey across the Andes
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 困难的；艰巨的；费力的
Something that isarduousis difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.- ...a long, hot and arduous journey...
一段漫长、炎热而又艰苦的旅程 - The task was more arduous than he had calculated.
这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。
- ...a long, hot and arduous journey...
双语例句
- [ 谚] If you want to work with iron, you must be tough yourself--one must be ideologically sound and professionally competent to do arduous work.
打铁先得本身硬。 - It remains an arduous historical task in the process of our modernization drive to accomplish industrialization.
实现工业化仍然是我国现代化进程中艰巨的历史性任务。 - To remould one's world outlook involves arduous struggle.
改造世界观需要进行艰苦的斗争。 - In the near future they can complete this arduous task.
在不久的将来，他们就可以完成这项艰巨的任务。 - The task is arduous; besides, there's not much time.
任务艰巨，同时时间又很紧迫。 - My wife helped me a great deal in this arduous journey.
在这个艰辛的历程中我的妻子给了我许多帮助。 - After the arduous military training, I get absolutely absorbed in my studies.
经过了一段艰辛的军事训练后，我完全融入到了学习中。 - He made an arduous effort to finish the work on time.
他做了一番艰辛的努力去如期完成那工作。 - The lawful punishment and reform of criminals remains an arduous task in China.
依照法律惩罚和改造罪犯，在中国仍然是一项艰巨的工作。 - She undertook the arduous task of monitoring the elections.
她承担了监督选举的艰巨任务。