The demanding curriculum at the engineering institute required students to master advanced calculus within the first year.
工程学院要求严格的课程要求学生在第一年内掌握高等微积分。
Memoirist Solveig Bakke argues that memory itself is inherently reconstructive and imperfect, so demanding strict factual verification misunderstands what a memoir can honestly offer readers in the first place.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “demanding”?
C — Requiring much effort or attention. “demanding” means requiring much effort or attention.
Which word means “requiring much effort or attention”?
B — demanding. “demanding” means requiring much effort or attention.
demanding — requiring much effort or attention. In Chinese: 要求高的.
demanding is pronounced /dɪˈmændɪŋ/.
The demanding curriculum at the engineering institute required students to master advanced calculus within the first year. (工程学院要求严格的课程要求学生在第一年内掌握高等微积分。)
challenging, exacting, strenuous — all close in meaning to demanding (requiring much effort or attention).
easy, undemanding — each the opposite of demanding (requiring much effort or attention).
Yes. demanding is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.