backbreaking work

But when the construction of a new road made his effort unnecessary, he still chose to continue the gruelling, backbreaking work for several years.

然而，当新路修成，他的工作成了徒劳之后，施密特仍然选择继续挖掘。

Her new "husband" communicated with her via hand gestures that he wanted her to do the backbreaking farm work and all the household chores.

她的新任“丈夫”通过手势与她交流，他要求她做艰苦的农活以及所有的家务活。

They farm on seemingly vertical hillsides, terrace their fields nearly to the top of every available mountain, and plough by hand or with a draft animal – backbreaking work.

他们在看起来近乎垂直的山坡上劳作，梯田几乎蜿蜒至每个可到达的高山山顶，他们自己动手犁地或是用畜力&繁重的劳作。

They endured hours of backbreaking work in miserable conditions.

他们在恶劣条件下忍受长时间的繁重劳动。

That's backbreaking work and may be too much for us.

这可是累人的工作,我们可能负荷不了.

But autumn also entails the backbreaking work of raking all those beautiful leaves once they fall.

景色很美，在树叶落下的时候，正是秋季，搜集落叶这项繁重的任务也就是她所要承担的了。