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You can picture demanding as something that keeps asking a lot of you and does not let up — a job, a course, or a person that keeps holding out a hand for more of your energy, your time, your attention, until you are worn out.
可以想成「不停向你要東西的那種存在」。畫面像是有隻手一直伸過來，要你的時間、力氣、注意力，而且不會自己停下來，你被榨…更多收起
可以想成「不停向你要東西的那種存在」。畫面像是有隻手一直伸過來，要你的時間、力氣、注意力，而且不會自己停下來，你被榨到很累。要的東西是什麼，決定了它落在哪個用法：如果是工作、課程在要你的能力和精力，那是形容事情吃力；如果是一個人在要你的關注、要你照他的方式做，那是形容人難伺候。兩邊都是「要得多」，只是主詞不同。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
demandingadj/dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/
- 1
Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.
- This bike is built to withstand even the most demanding terrain.
- 2
Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.
- Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:fastidious
- Our wines will satisfy even the most demanding of connoisseurs.
demandingnoun/dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/
- 1
The act of making a demand.
- She had had enough whimperings and demandings this morning to last her a week, and her face hardened as a tear rolled down Sarah's cheek.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。