負擔

Question 1

arduous

Answer 1

arduous [ˈɑrdʒʊəs]
(a) 艱鉅的 (= difficult)
(MW1) very difficult
(MW2) hard to accomplish or achieve: DIFFICULT <years of arduous training >
[例] He went through a long and arduous training program.
[記] arduous 中的 a 表 “大”，用 “巨大的”困難來記 “艱鉅的”。

Question 2

onerous

Answer 2

onerous [ˈɑnərəs]
(a) 負擔沉重的
(MW1) difficult and unpleasant to door deal with
(MW2) involving, imposing,or constituting a burden: TROUBLESOME <an onerous task >
[衍] onus [ˈonəs] (n) “負擔”。
[衍] onerousness [ˈɑnərəsnɪs] (n) “負擔沉重”。
[例] The government imposed(徵稅) onerous taxes on imports.

Question 3

taxing

Answer 3

taxing [ˈtæksɪŋ]
(a) 負擔沉重的
(MW1) requiring a lot of effort,energy, etc.
(MW2) ONEROUS, WEARING <a taxing operaticrole >
[例] a very taxing workload (工作量) that is takinga lot of time to finish
[記] 用 “賦稅 (tax) 沉重” 來記，中華民國萬萬稅即 taxing 是也。

Question 4

trying

Answer 4

trying [traɪɪŋ]
(a) 令人難受的
(MW1) difficult to deal with
(MW2) severely straining the powers of endurance <a trying experience >
[例] They havebeen through some trying times together.
[記] 用審判 (try) 來記，審判是令人難受的 (trying) 。

Question 5

grueling

Answer 5

grueling [ˈgruəlɪŋ]
(a) 非常勞累的 (指體力上)
(MW1) very difficult: requiring greateffort
(MW2) trying or taxingto the point of exhaustion: PUNISHING <a grueling race >
[例] running a marathon is grueling