Front | strenuous |
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Pron | ['strenjuəs] |
Back | 【strenuous】 adj.辛苦的 We had a strenuous day moving into our new house. 我们辛苦一天,搬进了新居。 |
Vocab | strenuoustaxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Something strenuous requires all your effort and strength, like a hard workout at the gym or carrying a backpack full of heavy books. Strenuous can also describe something done with lots of energy or force. If your boss asks you to do a strenuous task like carry a couch up a flight of stairs by yourself, and you refuse by jumping up and down in protest, you have a strenuous objection to her request. To remember how to spell it, remember that something strenuous requires the strength of two of you! That's why there are two u's in strenUoUs. All forms of 'strenuous' will appear on average once every 713 pages. distrain overstrain strain strained strainer straining strenuous unstrain strenuosity strenuously strenuousness unstrained |
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