challenging
adjective /ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/
/ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/
挑战性的;考验能力的 - challenging work/questions/problems
具有挑战性的工作/提问/问题 - I have had a challenging and rewarding career as a teacher.
我从事过富有挑战性且非常有意义的教师职业。
Synonyms difficultdifficult- 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
Topics Working lifeb2- He found the course academically challenging.
他觉得要在这门课上取得优异成绩具有挑战性。 - The tasks were not challenging enough for me and I got bored.
对我来说,这些任务挑战性不够,我很快就厌烦了。 - We have changed the course to make it more challenging.
我们修改了课程以使其更具挑战性。 - It will be a challenging target to meet.
这将是一个具有挑战性的目标。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- make something
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- challenging work/questions/problems
挑起争论的;不赞同的 - She gave him a challenging look. ‘Are you really sure?’ she demanded.
她用挑衅的眼光看了他一眼。“你敢肯定吗?” 她问道。 - Dealing with challenging behaviour in school is never easy.
处理学校里的挑战行为从来都不容易。
- She gave him a challenging look. ‘Are you really sure?’ she demanded.