耐力赛;令动物力竭的赛跑
磨难;艰苦考验;参赛动物在体力耗尽状态下完赛的赛跑。;艰苦的磨难。;痛打;惩罚
参赛动物在体力耗尽状态下完赛的赛跑。
A race in which the animal being raced finishes in a state of physical exhaustion.
艰苦的磨难。
A gruelling ordeal.
The gruelling lasts two days and leaves every horse exhausted.
这场耐力赛持续两天,让每匹马都精疲力竭。
用法提示:gruelling 在此作名词,指让动物力竭的耐力赛;作主语,与单数动词 lasts 搭配。
Several owners withdrew their dogs from the gruelling after the first hour.
几位主人在第一个小时后便让他们的狗退出了这场艰苦的赛跑。
用法提示:the gruelling 在介词 from 后作宾语,指一场艰苦的动物赛跑,明确表示退出的对象。
The mare has completed three gruellings, but this one left her shaking.
这匹母马已经完成了三场这样的耐力赛,但这一场让她浑身发抖。
用法提示:gruellings 是 gruelling 的复数形式,表示多场耐力赛;three 和 this one 体现了它的名词用法。
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