柯林斯詞典grinding /?ɡra?nd??/ 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(hù)理工作報(bào)酧低而且工作強(qiáng)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(qiáng)調(diào)] 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 返回 grinding劍橋詞典?grinding poverty a situation in which people are extremely poor over a long period 赤貧 返回 grinding