the combined strength of nine oxen and two tigers; a herculean effort animals/people of great strength
It was a long hard pull for him to get to the top of his position.
他费了九牛二虎之力终于爬上了最高位置。
—— 给力词典精选In 1971 we barely fought off the Mansfield amendment.
一九七一年,我们费了九牛二虎之力才否定了曼斯菲尔德修正案。
—— 辞典例句We had the dickens of a job finding the place.
我们费了九牛二虎之力才找到这地方。
—— 辞典例句With extreme difficulty, the policeman brought the various streams of traffic to halt.
警察费了九牛二虎之力让川流不息的车辆统统停了下来。
—— 辞典例句I expostulated with him with all the energy of which I was master.
我费了九牛二虎之力劝诫他。
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