Herculean

美 [ˌhɜːrkjuˈliːən]英 [ˌhɜːkjuˈliːən]
  • adj.艰巨的;费力的;需要决心的
HerculeanHerculean

adj.

usually before noun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

Herculean

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    ADJ-GRADED 艰巨的;费力的
    A herculean task 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

  1. To be fair , Herculean progress has already been made .

    老实说,巴西已经取得了巨大的进步。

  2. You must make a Herculean effort not to talk to them about it .

    你必须竭力控制自己,不同他们谈这件事。

  3. The consortium began its Herculean task by looking at supply chain processes .

    该联盟从研究供应链的过程入手开始这个艰巨的任务。

  4. 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。

  5. Among the Herculean tasks confronting large cities are slum clearance and traffic control .

    大城市所面临极困难的工作之一,就是清除贫民窟和控制交通。

  6. He completed the translation of this monumental work with a herculean effort .

    他历尽心血终于完成了这一成本大套的翻译作品。

  7. She has had the Herculean task of bringing up four children single-handedly .

    她肩负着一个人养育4个孩子的艰巨任务。

  8. The two men made a Herculean effort to lift the fallen tree off the victim 's car .

    这两个人为了搬掉倒在受害者汽车上的树花出了巨大的力气。

  9. He had repaired America 's image ( hardly a Herculean task after the Bush years ) .

    他修补了美国的形象(在布什任期之后,这可是一项艰巨的任务)。

  10. Eradication of the Alpine nomenclature is still proving a Herculean task .

    根除阿尔卑斯命名法依然是一项极其艰难的工作。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. Digging the canal was a Herculean task .

    开凿运河是项极其艰巨的工程。

  15. 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。

  16. In Robot America , most manual laborers will have been replaced by herculean bots .

    在机器人美国,大多数体力劳动者将被力大无比的机器人替代。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. I snapped at my husband because he didn 't appreciate this Herculean accomplishment on my part .

    我和我的丈夫说话时气汹汹因为他没有欣赏我这方面赫尔格立斯式成就。

  20. Kapil Sibal , the talented and energetic Minister for human resource development has a Herculean task ahead .

    在卡皮尔•席保(KapilSibal)这位有才干的、精力充沛的人力资源发展部长面前,横亘着大量艰巨的任务。

  21. These products are a positive start but it remains a Herculean task to recapture this lucrative market from Apple and Android .

    这些产品是一个积极的开始,但是要从苹果和安卓手中重新夺回这个利润丰厚的市场还是一个艰巨的任务。

  22. These small feats seemed like Herculean accomplishm ents and slowly served to restore her depleted confidence .

    这些小成绩看来是艰辛努力的结果,而且渐渐开始重建起她那已空竭的信心。

  23. Yet it might not be too Herculean a task to raise the money-if some Chinese banks are ordered to cough up the funds .

    然而,如果部分中国银行被要求进行融资的话,那筹集到那笔钱可能并不是什么费力的事情。

  24. Cowperwood , after his Herculean labours of the morning , had , as has been said , driven rapidly to Butler 's house

    上面已经说过,柯柏乌上午大干一阵以后,就赶忙驾车到巴特勒家去了

  25. The Natural Resources Defense Council has presented research that attempts to take on the Herculean task of quantifying the environmental , social and economic toll of China 's reliance on coal .

    自然资源保护协会(NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil)所展示的研究试图开展一项艰难任务:对中国的煤炭依赖造成的环境、社会和经济损害进行量化。

  26. But persuading large swathes of the citizenry to spend less time watching sport on television and more time actually working up a sweat is a Herculean task .

    但是劝说老百姓少看点电视体育比赛,多花点时间进行真正的体育运动是一项艰巨的任务。

  27. Mostly , he came to realize that getting into college and staying there would be a herculean task . There was tricky grammar , hard math and tons of homework .

    最主要的是,他渐渐意识到,上大学并坚持到毕业将是一项极为艰巨的任务:语法复杂、数学艰深、作业无数;

  28. Jos é Mourinho talked of his affection for his players , because he has had to ask them for one last , Herculean effort time after time over the last few months .

    穆里尼奥谈及了他对球员们的感情,因为在最后几个月里,他不得不反反复复的要求他们再拿出最后一次巨大的努力出来。

  29. 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。

  30. 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。