1ADJ [ADJ n]没完没了的；无休止的；毫无起色的 If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. 没完没了的；无休止的；毫无起色的
Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.
为了摆脱贫困的煎熬，他们的祖父离开了村子。
...the grinding difficulty of getting to the stadium.
想要进入体育场困难重重
grindingly
Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work.
护理工作薪水微薄，艰苦难耐。
2PHRASE 突然停顿下来 If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to. 突然停顿下来 [emphasis]
A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.