chal·leng·ing

adjective

/ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/

difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability挑战性的；考验能力的
- challenging work/questions/problems具有挑战性的工作／提问／问题
- I have had a challenging and rewarding career as a teacher.我从事过富有挑战性且非常有意义的教师职业。
Synonyms difficult
difficulthard ▪ challenging ▪ demanding ▪ taxingThese words all describe something that is not easy and requires a lot of effort or skill to do.
difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or to understand:
The exam questions were quite difficult.考题相当难。
It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。
hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand:
I always found languages quite hard at school.在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。
It was one of the hardest things I ever did.这是我做过的最难的事情之一。
difficult or hard?Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/say/find/take, etc., although difficult can also be used in any of these examples.
challenging (approving) difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability.demanding difficult to do or deal with and needing a lot of effort, skill, etc.:
It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.演奏这一段音乐需要有很高的技艺。
taxing (often used in negative statements) difficult to do and needing a lot of mental or physical effort:
This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.这对你来说不至于太费劲。
Patterns
- difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing for somebody
- difficult/hard to do something
- physically difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing
- technically difficult/challenging/demanding
- mentally/intellectually challenging/demanding/taxing
Extra Examples
- He found the course academically challenging.他觉得要在这门课上取得优异成绩具有挑战性。
- The tasks were not challenging enough for me and I got bored.对我来说，这些任务挑战性不够，我很快就厌烦了。
- We have changed the course to make it more challenging.我们修改了课程以使其更具挑战性。
- It will be a challenging target to meet.这将是一个具有挑战性的目标。
Topics Working lifeb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- prove
- make something
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
done in a way that invites people to disagree or argue with you, or shows that you disagree with them挑起争论的；不赞同的
- She gave him a challenging look. ‘Are you really sure?’ she demanded.她用挑衅的眼光看了他一眼。“你敢肯定吗？”她问道。
- Dealing with challenging behaviour in school is never easy.在学校里，应对叛逆行为绝非易事。
Topics Opinion and argumentc1

单词	challenging
释义	chal·leng·ing adjective /ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/ /ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/ difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability挑战性的；考验能力的 challenging work/questions/problems具有挑战性的工作／提问／问题 I have had a challenging and rewarding career as a teacher.我从事过富有挑战性且非常有意义的教师职业。 Synonyms difficultdifficulthard ▪ challenging ▪ demanding ▪ taxingThese words all describe something that is not easy and requires a lot of effort or skill to do.difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or to understand: The exam questions were quite difficult.考题相当难。 It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。 hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand: I always found languages quite hard at school.在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。 It was one of the hardest things I ever did.这是我做过的最难的事情之一。 difficult or hard?Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/say/find/take, etc., although difficult can also be used in any of these examples.challenging (approving) difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability.demanding difficult to do or deal with and needing a lot of effort, skill, etc.: It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.演奏这一段音乐需要有很高的技艺。 taxing (often used in negative statements) difficult to do and needing a lot of mental or physical effort: This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.这对你来说不至于太费劲。 Patterns difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing for somebody difficult/hard to do something physically difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing technically difficult/challenging/demanding mentally/intellectually challenging/demanding/taxing Extra Examples He found the course academically challenging.他觉得要在这门课上取得优异成绩具有挑战性。 The tasks were not challenging enough for me and I got bored.对我来说，这些任务挑战性不够，我很快就厌烦了。 We have changed the course to make it more challenging.我们修改了课程以使其更具挑战性。 It will be a challenging target to meet.这将是一个具有挑战性的目标。 Topics Working lifeb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be prove make something … adverb extremely fairly very … done in a way that invites people to disagree or argue with you, or shows that you disagree with them挑起争论的；不赞同的 She gave him a challenging look. ‘Are you really sure?’ she demanded.她用挑衅的眼光看了他一眼。“你敢肯定吗？”她问道。 Dealing with challenging behaviour in school is never easy.在学校里，应对叛逆行为绝非易事。 Topics Opinion and argumentc1
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