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。 - LF he's going to hold his party together in this time of crisis, it will require a Herculean effort.
如果他想在这种危机时刻保持党的团结，那他得花巨大的努力。 - 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。 - Digging the canal was a Herculean task.
开凿运河是项极其艰巨的工程。 - Breastfeeding a gassy baby can be a Herculean task, but it is well worth it.
哺乳瓦斯婴儿可以一项艰巨的任务，但它是值得的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Fortunately, threats to European Monetary Union, so far, have been successfully fended off by the Herculean actions of the European Community assisted by the International Monetary Fund.
所幸，由于欧洲共同体采取了大刀阔斧的行动，加上国际货币基金组织（imf）出手协助，欧洲货币联盟所遭遇的种种威胁，就目前来说已得到成功抵御。 - 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。 - 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。