形容词严厉的; 艰难的; 精疲力尽的

动词处罚，惩罚( punish的现在分词)

1. 懲罰之：Hazy 朦朧之 | Punishing 懲罰之 | Obsidian 黑曜石之

1. 繁重费力的；艰难的
A punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak.

e.g. He claimed his punishing work schedule had made him resort to taking the drug...
他声称繁重的工作安排使他不得不依靠服药来维持精力。
e.g. Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.
除了节制饮食，他还设计了魔鬼健身计划。

adj

1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
especially physical effort

e.g. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
spent many laborious hours on the project
set a punishing pace

Synonym: arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardheavylaboriousoperosetoilsome

2. resulting in punishment

e.g. the king imposed a punishing tax