herculean
英 [ˌhɜːkjuˈliːən]
美 [ˌhɜːrkjuˈliːən]
赫拉克勒斯的; 力大无比的; 困难的赫拉克勒斯的
BNC.33301 / COCA.22524
牛津词典
adj.
- 费力的；需要决心的；艰巨的
needing a lot of strength, determination or effort- a Herculean task
艰巨的任务
- a Herculean task
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 艰巨的;费力的
Aherculeantask or ability is one that requires extremely great strength or effort.- ...his herculean efforts to bring peace to our troubled island.
他为给我们这个纷争不断的岛屿带来和平所作出的艰苦努力
- ...his herculean efforts to bring peace to our troubled island.
英英释义
adj
- extremely difficult
- a herculean task
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- herculean exertions
双语例句
- This was probably the first project on which our team didn't have to work Herculean hours near the end of development and testing.
这也许是我们的团队在开发和测试的结尾不必花费大量时间工作的第一个项目。 - He completed the translation of this monumental work with a herculean effort.
他历尽心血终于完成了这一成本大套的翻译作品。 - To be fair, Herculean progress has already been made.
老实说，巴西已经取得了巨大的进步。 - Cowperwood, after his Herculean labours of the morning, had, as has been said, driven rapidly to Butler's house
上面已经说过，柯柏乌上午大干一阵以后，就赶忙驾车到巴特勒家去了 - To mold a front against the Japanese, however, was a task of Herculean proportions.
建立抗日阵线是一项无比艰巨的任务。 - Therefore, it is a Herculean and long-term task for plant breeding workers to cultivate the germplasms of resistance to these factors.
因此，培育抗病、抗虫和抗逆的作物品种是育种工作者长期而艰巨的任务。 - But persuading large swathes of the citizenry to spend less time watching sport on television and more time actually working up a sweat is a Herculean task.
但是劝说老百姓少看点电视体育比赛，多花点时间进行真正的体育运动是一项艰巨的任务。 - Despite our remarkable progress, the Chinese banking sector still confronts Herculean tasks.
尽管我们取得了明显进步，但中国银行业仍面临极为艰巨的任务。 - This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.
这个极为艰巨的任务最终完成了，但是速度之慢令人沮丧。 - So what should investors make of all this? One lesson is that it shows the Herculean and creative lengths the Fed went to, to keep the system afloat during 2008 and 2009.
其中一点是，它显示出2008至2009年期间，美联储为维持金融体系的正常运行，所付出的巨大努力。