gru·el·ing /ˈgruəlɪŋ/
嚴罰;嚴懲
grueling
adj : 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"
[syn: arduous, backbreaking, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, punishing, toilsome]