grinding

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

Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. 他们的祖父离开自己的村庄以躲避令人难以忍受的贫穷。

2. grindinglyADV [ADV adj]

Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work. 护理工作报酬低而且工作强度令人难以忍受。

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] [强调]

A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the gas tank. 如果你往油箱里加水，汽车会突然停下。

4. →see also grind