喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/有挑戰性的

    difficult, but in a way that is interesting and enjoyable, so that you want to try it and you feel good when you manage it.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei picked a challenging piece for the piano concert because she wanted to learn something new.

    逐字美為了那場鋼琴演奏會挑了一首有挑戰性的曲子，因為她想學一些新的東西。

    challenging 說的是「難，但是好玩的那種難」。同樣是「難」，difficult 和 hard 只講「不容易」，demanding 是「難又累，要花掉你所有力氣」，daunting 是「難到讓你有點怕、沒把握」；challenging 則帶著「我想試試看」的心情，難的地方正是有趣的地方。可以想成：challenge 本來是「有人把一件事擺在你面前」，你接下來，過程很辛苦，但那份辛苦就是好玩的部分。所以它常拿來形容工作、題目、曲子、運動——說「這份工作 challenging」是稱讚，不是抱怨。

    常見搭配

    • a challenging job

      有挑戰性的工作

      a job that is hard but interesting

      She left the bank for a challenging job at a small design studio.

    • a challenging task

      有挑戰性的任務

      a piece of work that is hard but worth doing

      Building the model bridge in one afternoon was a challenging task.

    • more challenging

      更有挑戰性

      harder and more interesting than before

      As the children get used to the game, you can make it more challenging.

    • challenging enough

      夠有挑戰性

      hard enough to keep you interested

      The homework wasn't challenging enough, so Ren asked for extra questions.

    • find something challenging

      覺得某件事有挑戰性

      to feel that something is hard but interesting

      Sam finds chess challenging, and that is exactly why he plays it.

    • intellectually challenging

      很需要動腦、燒腦的

      making you think hard, in a good way

      The science club chooses intellectually challenging projects for the older students.

    • challenging and rewarding

      有挑戰性又有成就感

      hard to do, and it gives you a good feeling afterwards

      Teaching young children is a challenging and rewarding job.

    意思相反

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core核心畫面

Think of a task that sits just past what you can already do: hard enough that you have to stretch for it, but close enough that reaching it feels good instead of hopeless. That gap is what makes you want to try.

可以想成一件事的難度剛好卡在你伸手還構得到的地方：不是隨手就做完，也不是怎麼試都沒門，而是要你踮起腳、多花一點力氣。正因為得用力，做成的那一刻才會有「我真的做到了」的痛快。challenging 描述的就是這種帶著吸引力的難——難，可是難得讓人想試試看。

同家族的字

比較級 more challenging最高級 most challenging

意思相反

easysimpleundemandingboringdull

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

challengingadj/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪn.d͡ʒɪŋ/

  • 1

    Difficult, hard to do.

challengingnoun/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪn.d͡ʒɪŋ/

  • 1

    The act of making a challenge.

    • There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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