grinding
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. 令人難以忍受的[ADJ n]
Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. 他們的祖父離開自己的村莊以躲避令人難以忍受的貧窮。
2. grindinglyADV [ADV adj]
Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work. 護理工作報酬低而且工作強度令人難以忍受。
3. PHRASE If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to. 突然停下[PHR after v] [強調(diào)]
A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the gas tank. 如果你往油箱里加水，汽車會突然停下。
4. →see also grind
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