punishing
美['p?n????]
- adj. 嚴厲的；打擊沉重的；精疲力盡的
- v. 懲罰；折磨（punish的ing形式）
考試真題
- since the middle of the 20th century, though, things have turned the opposite way—these days, punishing hours at your desk, rather than days off, are seen as the mark of someone important.
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.
2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項