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punishing

/ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/ 形容词 C2

中文: 艰苦的、繁重的、严酷的

  1. That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
  2. Debilitating, harsh. (figuratively) · a punishing blow
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Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第117页 · C1
The Horse, desiring to revenge himself on the stranger, asked a man if he were willing to help him in punishing the Stag.
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第68页 · B2

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