taxing
adjective /ˈtæksɪŋ/
/ˈtæksɪŋ/
- needing a great amount of physical or mental effort
synonym demanding繁重的;费力的;伤脑筋的 - a taxing job
繁重的工作 - This shouldn't be too taxing for you.
这对你来说不至于太费劲。 - There was nothing intellectually taxing about the exercise.
这项练习没有什么智力上的负担。
Synonyms difficultdifficultTopics Working lifec2- hard
- challenging
- demanding
- taxing
- difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand:
- The exam questions were quite difficult.
考题相当难。 - It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.
年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。
- The exam questions were quite difficult.
- hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand:
- I always found languages quite hard at school.
在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。 - It was one of the hardest things I ever did.
这是我做过的最难的事情之一。
- I always found languages quite hard at school.
Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/say/find/take, etc., although difficult can also be used in any of these examples.用 difficult 还是 hard? - challenging (approving) difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability.
- demanding difficult to do or deal with and needing a lot of effort, skill, etc.:
- It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.
演奏这一段音乐需要有很高的技艺。
- It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.
- taxing (often used in negative statements) difficult to do and needing a lot of mental or physical effort:
- This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.
这对你来说不至于太费劲。
- This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.
- difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing for somebody
- difficult/hard to do something
- physically difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing
- technically difficult/challenging/demanding
- mentally/intellectually challenging/demanding/taxing
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- a taxing job