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.