Herculean describes a job or effort that needs huge strength or stubborn determination — clearing a whole street after a typhoon, sitting through a mountain of homework without giving up.

Herculean describesHerculean用來形容 a job or effort一項工作或努力 that needs huge strength or stubborn determination需要巨大的力氣或堅持不放棄的決心——clearing a whole street after a typhoon像颱風過後清理整條街、sitting through a mountain of homework without giving up或是硬撐著寫完一大堆作業不放棄。

It comes from Hercules (Heracles in the Greek stories), the hero who had to finish twelve almost impossible labours: cleaning vast stables, holding up the sky for a time, and so on.

It comes from Hercules它源自海格力斯Hercules（Heracles in the Greek stories在希臘神話裡叫Heracles赫拉克勒斯），the hero who had to finish twelve almost impossible labours這位英雄必須完成十二項幾乎不可能的任務：cleaning vast stables像清理巨大的馬廄、holding up the sky for a time或撐起天空一段時間、and so on等等。

You may still see it with a capital H (Herculean), because it is from a name; though actually many writers now leave it small (herculean), as if it were an ordinary adjective like “huge.” It is a colourful, slightly literary word.

You may still see it你可能還會看到它 with a capital H用大寫H寫（Herculean像Herculean），because it is from a name因為它是從一個人名來的；though actually不過其實 many writers now leave it small現在很多作家會把它寫成小寫（herculean像herculean），as if it were an ordinary adjective like "huge."就好像它是像"huge"一樣普通的形容詞。It is a colourful, slightly literary word它是個生動、有點文學味的字。

In everyday speech people more often say “huge,” “back-breaking,” or “a massive job.” It does not mean “about the myth” unless the rest of the sentence is clearly about the hero; it means “as hard as one of his jobs.” And it is about the size of the effort, not about visible muscles: a quiet person can do herculean work at a desk.

In everyday speech在日常口語中 people more often say "huge," "back-breaking," or "a massive job."人們更常說"huge"、"back-breaking"、或"a massive job."It does not mean "about the myth"它不是指「跟神話有關」 unless the rest of the sentence is clearly about the hero除非句子其他部分明顯在講那位英雄；it means "as hard as one of his jobs."它的意思是「像他其中一項任務一樣艱難」。And it is about the size of the effort而且它講的是努力的份量，not about visible muscles而不是看得見的肌肉：a quiet person can do herculean work at a desk一個安靜的人也可以在書桌前做herculean的工作。