herculean

英 [ˌhɜːkjuˈliːən]

美 [ˌhɜːrkjuˈliːən]

赫拉克勒斯的; 力大无比的; 困难的赫拉克勒斯的

TOEFL

BNC.33301 / COCA.22524

牛津词典

adj.

• 费力的；需要决心的；艰巨的
  needing a lot of strength, determination or effort
  1. a Herculean task
     艰巨的任务

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 艰巨的;费力的
  Aherculeantask or ability is one that requires extremely great strength or effort.
  1. ...his herculean efforts to bring peace to our troubled island.
     他为给我们这个纷争不断的岛屿带来和平所作出的艰苦努力

英英释义

adj

• extremely difficult
  1. a herculean task
• displaying superhuman strength or power
  1. herculean exertions
  Synonym:powerful

双语例句

• High-flying stunts were popular. Herculean physical feats were the standard. But it was the high tech plan to hijack a real plane as it flew over the circus that really hinted at something more than heterodox.
  高空飞行特技表演非常受欢迎，艰难的人体表演只是普通节目，而劫持一架从马戏团上空飞过的真飞机却是一个高科技计划，只有它才真正暗示出某种极其异端的做法。
• These products are a positive start but it remains a Herculean task to recapture this lucrative market from Apple and Android.
  这些产品是一个积极的开始，但是要从苹果和安卓手中重新夺回这个利润丰厚的市场还是一个艰巨的任务。
• To attack this mass of granite, even by a mine, was Herculean work, and it was really vexing that nature could not help them at their need.
  要想把花岗石炸开，即使有炸药也是十分困难的，如果自然界不能帮助他们解决住的问题，这的确是一件麻烦的事。
• The consortium began its Herculean task by looking at supply chain processes.
  该联盟从研究供应链的过程入手开始这个艰巨的任务。
• Fortunately, threats to European Monetary Union, so far, have been successfully fended off by the Herculean actions of the European Community assisted by the International Monetary Fund.
  所幸，由于欧洲共同体采取了大刀阔斧的行动，加上国际货币基金组织（imf）出手协助，欧洲货币联盟所遭遇的种种威胁，就目前来说已得到成功抵御。
• So what should investors make of all this? One lesson is that it shows the Herculean and creative lengths the Fed went to, to keep the system afloat during 2008 and 2009.
  其中一点是，它显示出2008至2009年期间，美联储为维持金融体系的正常运行，所付出的巨大努力。
• This was probably the first project on which our team didn't have to work Herculean hours near the end of development and testing.
  这也许是我们的团队在开发和测试的结尾不必花费大量时间工作的第一个项目。
• To mold a front against the Japanese, however, was a task of Herculean proportions.
  建立抗日阵线是一项无比艰巨的任务。
• Kapil Sibal, the talented and energetic Minister for human resource development has a Herculean task ahead.
  在卡皮尔•席保（KapilSibal）这位有才干的、精力充沛的人力资源发展部长面前，横亘着大量艰巨的任务。
• Therefore, it is a Herculean and long-term task for plant breeding workers to cultivate the germplasms of resistance to these factors.
  因此，培育抗病、抗虫和抗逆的作物品种是育种工作者长期而艰巨的任务。