grinding

1. ADJ If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. 令人難以忍受的[ADJ n]

Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. 他們的祖父離開自己的村莊以躲避令人難以忍受的貧窮。

2. grindinglyADV [ADV adj]

Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work. 護理工作報酧低而且工作強度令人難以忍受。

3. PHRASE If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to. 突然停下[PHR after v] [強調]

A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the gas tank. 如果你往油箱裡加水，汽車會突然停下。

4. →see also grind