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词汇 toilsome
释义 toilsome
adjective
 old-fashionedformaluk /ˈtɔɪl.səm/ us /ˈtɔɪl.səm/
involving hard or difficult work, or great effort: 辛苦的,劳累的
The ascent was long and toilsome over the mountain.上山的坡路漫长而艰辛。
Campus housing officials across the country have a toilsome task every year.
He remembered the long, toilsome months when he had worked to perfect his style of writing.
A walk upon ploughed ground in England is a dance upon carpets, compared to the toilsome drudgery of wandering in Skye.
Every morning, throughout his toilsome, dangerous journey, he greeted the sunrise with joy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Complicated and difficult to do
advanced
ambitious
ambitiously
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arduous
formidable
formidably
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grail
gruelling
onerous
onerously
overdemanding
painstaking
picnic
trickily
tricky
tuff
ultra-sensitive
unintuitive

Examples of toilsome


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The strain of conducting these most toilsome operations is not a light one, but it is being borne with admirable cheerfulness.
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They are the most toilsome and noisy domestic implements, and none of us would have them if we could possibly help it.
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The fishing industry at any time is a way of life which is surrounded not merely by toilsome labour, irksome physical conditions, but by great dangers.
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His life was weary, toilsome, and full of trouble.
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He who hopes for everlasting rest knows also that the entrance to it is toilsome and strait.
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According to him, working as a local delivery courier was toilsome, but delighting.
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