arduous

UK:  ['ɑː(r)djuəs]

US:  ['ɑrdjuəs]

adj.

1.费力的,艰巨的

2.艰难的

3.艰险的

4.奋斗的,努力的

5.险峻的

6.勤奋

1 . A daughter is often viewed as a burden, relegated to performing arduous household chores and even forced into child marriage.
女儿往往被看成是一种负担，只配干繁重的家务活，甚至被迫在小小年纪就结婚。

2 . Attention should be payed to the adaptability, strategic, long-term, arduous and dynamic nature of this restructuring process.
在调整中要注意五性，即适应性、战略性、长期性、艰巨性和动态性；

3 . You are one of these scions , and you have begun the long and arduous process of unlocking the power of your noble blood.
作为这些后裔中的一个，你已经开始了一个漫长而又艰苦的历程去释放那来自你高尚血统中的力量。

4 . It was as if they had leapt over the arduous calvary of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love.
那颇象一下越过了夫妻生活中必不可少的艰苦磨难，未经任河曲折，而直接奔向了爱巢。

5 . The bad news was that this supply route is also fraught with pitfalls, from arduous delays to bribes and extortion.
坏消息是这条补给线路同样充满了陷阱，包括艰难运输造成的延误以及贿赂、勒索等。