" Phew! This is pretty gruelling work, " said Peter.

“嘘！这还真是个累人的活儿。”彼得说。

Once children arrive, " they realise that they both can't work these gruelling hours."

一旦有了孩子，“他们就意识到他们都无法再做这么繁重的工作”。

The tasks will as usual be gruelling tests of business acumen, team-working and leadership skill.

这些艰巨的任务一如既往考察商业头脑、团队合作和领导能力。

To pass the test, they needed to complete a gruelling obstacle course in the pouring rain.

为了通过测试，他们需要在倾盆大雨中完成艰苦的障碍赛。

To pass their final exam, they had to complete a gruelling 24 hour observation.

为了通过期末考试，他们必须完成24小时的艰苦观察。

When something is gruelling, it's extremely tiring and difficult, and it requires a lot of effort and determination.

如果某件事情令人筋疲力尽的话，它非常累人，令人感觉困难重重，需要大量的努力和决心。

The work is gruelling, especially in the heat.

工作很累，尤其是在炎热的天气里。

There was one breakthrough for Miranda in this gruelling process.

在这个艰苦的过程中， 米兰达实现了一次突破。

Eleven gruelling hours. That's how long senators sparred with the top executives from Goldman Sachs yesterday.

十一个艰苦的小时。这就是参议员们昨天与高盛公司的高层管理人员争吵的时间。

In 1944, after four years of gruelling war, Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation, and Picasso was free to meet an adoring public.

1944年，在经过四年艰苦卓绝的战争之后，巴黎终于在摆脱了纳粹的控制得到了自由，毕加索开始能够自由的与崇拜他的公众见面。

These short trips can be pretty gruelling and a lot of people don't really want to do that any more.

这些短途旅行可能相当艰苦，很多人真的不想再这样做了。

It was this gruelling experience that reportedly led him to reply with some scepticism when asked if he'd return to the role.

据报道， 正是这种艰苦的经历使他在被问及是否会重返这个角色时持怀疑态度。

Even if each session is slightly less gruelling, if you are more likely to stick with the activity, the long-term commitment will pay greater dividends.

即使每一个阶段都不那么艰苦，但如果你更有可能坚持下去，长期的坚持将会带来更大的回报。

For many of us it can be quite the gruelling task, but it's our children who need to live with our choice.

对于我们中的许多人来说，这可能是一项艰巨的任务，但我们的孩子需要接受我们的选择。

A feeling that the task is achievable and that you are capable of succeeding means that a difficult task might be less gruelling.

一种任务是可以完成的并且你有能力成功的感觉意味着一项艰巨的任务可能不那么艰苦。

It seems every major city and town around the world hosts an annual marathon, with thousands of athletes running a gruelling 42.1 kilometres.

似乎世界上每个主要城市和城镇都举办一年一度的马拉松比赛，成千上万的运动员跑完了 42. 1 公里的艰苦比赛。

All of that puts the recruitment model for traditional financial firms-high pay in return for gruelling hours, and work with a social value that is not immediately obvious-at risk.

所有这些都使传统金融公司的招聘模式面临风险，这些公司往往以更高的工资换取繁重的工作时间，而且这些工作的社会价值并不能立即显现出来。

He and his followers have since been reduced to virtual irrelevance, a point the television magnate made forcefully to Mr Alfano in the gruelling negotiations that failed to prevent the latest split.

他和他的跟随者从此沦落为无关紧要的人物，这是在那次激烈的谈判上电视巨头向阿尔法诺强调指出的，尽管这次谈判未能阻止的了最近的这场政党分裂。

You just, sort of got on a bike and left and started going up a mountain and today we think of it as being this gruelling, difficult, amazing race that, and people take drugs to do it.

你只需要骑上一辆自行车然后开始骑上一座山，而如今我们把它看做是一个很累人、困难重重却很了不起的比赛，人们为了参加这个比赛甚至会用药物。

As a young man, he had spent six gruelling years working tirelessly on a failed business venture in the Bahamas before becoming a successful businessman, a position which enabled him to play a significant role in Birmingham civil society.

作为一个年轻人， 他在巴哈马群岛的一家失败的商业企业中不知疲倦地工作了六年， 之后成为一名成功的商人，这一职位使他能够在伯明翰民间社会中发挥重要作用。