punishing
美['p?n????]
- adj. 嚴(yán)厲的；打擊沉重的；精疲力盡的
- v. 懲罰；折磨（punish的ing形式）
英英釋意
- 1. resulting in punishment;
- "the king imposed a punishing tax"
- 2. characterized by toilsome 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"