strenuous
英 ['strenjʊəs]
美 ['strɛnjuəs]
助記提示
1. like center => centre: stern => stren- / strenu- "hard, severe, keen" => strenuous.
2. meter => metre.
3. 蠻拚的: Pretty strenuous.
4. 諧音“死追妞兒死、死追牛兒死、死拽牛兒死、死拽牛耳死”。
5. strength, strain => strenuous.
中文詞源
strenuous 費力的，用力的，艱苦的，繁重的可能最終來自 PIE*ster,堅硬的，僵硬的，詞源同 stern,stark,sterile.引申詞義費力的，艱苦的 等。詞義演變比較 hard.同時比較拉丁語 strenuus,敏捷的，迅速的，積極的，渴望的。
英文詞源
- strenuous (adj.)
- "characterized by great effort," mid-15c. (implied in strenuously), from Latin strenuus "active, brisk, quick, nimble, prompt, vigorous, keen." Probably cognate with Greek strenes, strenos "keen, strong," strenos "arrogance, eager desire," Old English stierne "hard, severe, keen" (see stern (adj.)). Mocked by Ben Jonson as a pedantic neologism in "Poetaster" (1601). Sense of "requiring much energy" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Strenuousness; strenuosity.
雙語例句
- 1. Although it's not strenuous exercise, you feel toned-up, supple and relaxed.
- 雖然這不是劇烈運動，但會讓人感到強健、柔韌與放鬆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Strenuous efforts had been made to improve conditions in the jail.
- 已經做了大量的努力來改善監獄的條件。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The strenuous exercise undergone could balance out the increased calories.
- 所進行的劇烈運動可以消耗掉增加的熱量。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Despite strenuous objections by the right wing, the grant was agreed.
- 盡管右翼分子極力反對，撥款還是通過了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Wind surfing can be strenuous but immensely exciting.
- 風帆衝浪可能緊張吃力，但卻非常刺激。
來自柯林斯例句