1. Nursing school was grueling, especially for someone who'd never used a computer. 护理学校很苛刻，尤其是对某些从来没用过电脑的人。
2. Besides, the great mass participation and the grueling competitions are exactly what mass media focuses its attention on. 同时，奥林匹克运动广泛的群众基础和激烈紧张的体育比赛也正是大众媒介关注的焦点。
3. South Korea puts its athletes through some of the most grueling training in sports, and its archers may face the toughest regimen of all. 韩国让运动员参加一些最折磨人的运动训练，射箭运动员们面临的生活方式可能是最为严酷的。
英英解释
adj.
1. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
