grinding
adj
ˈɡraɪndɪŋ
adj
1
very
difficult
and
unpleasant,
and
never
seeming
to
improve
困难的; 无改进的
a
country
devastated
by
civil
war
and
grinding
poverty
一个饱受内战和极度贫困蹂躏的国家
2
a
grinding
noise
is
the
continuous
unpleasant
noise
of
machinery
parts
rubbing
together
〔机器部件的摩擦声〕持续而刺耳的