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单词 trying
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Definition of trying in English:

trying

adjective ˈtrʌɪɪŋˈtraɪɪŋ
  • Difficult or annoying; hard to endure.

    it had been a very trying day
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seriously though, can anyone this side of the Orion belt say they did not expect a difficult and trying season?
    • A trying, testing, history lesson maybe - but one that yields an abundance of rewards.
    • Singaporeans are going through difficult and trying times in varying ways.
    • This week he said he was beginning to renew his love of the game after the trying period he has endured.
    Synonyms
    stressful, difficult, taxing, demanding, tough, hard, heavy
    pressured, testing, frustrating, fraught, traumatic, arduous, gruelling
    tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearing
    informal hellish, a bitch of a, a stinker of a
    annoying, irritating, exasperating, maddening, infuriating
    tiresome, irksome, troublesome, bothersome, vexatious
    informal aggravating

Derivatives

  • tryingly

  • adverbˈtrʌɪɪŋliˈtraɪɪŋli
    • Of course there were the academic areas: History, Geography, tryingly presented; mythology, logic and theology were my favourites.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She is cheerful, well meaning and - in the eyes of nearly everyone she meets - tryingly dull.
      • All this provides a certainty that messy real life so tryingly fails to.
 
 

Definition of trying in US English:

trying

adjectiveˈtrīiNGˈtraɪɪŋ
  • Difficult or annoying; hard to endure.

    it had been a very trying day
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A trying, testing, history lesson maybe - but one that yields an abundance of rewards.
    • Singaporeans are going through difficult and trying times in varying ways.
    • Seriously though, can anyone this side of the Orion belt say they did not expect a difficult and trying season?
    • This week he said he was beginning to renew his love of the game after the trying period he has endured.
    Synonyms
    stressful, difficult, taxing, demanding, tough, hard, heavy
    annoying, irritating, exasperating, maddening, infuriating
 
 
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