hardship

英 [ˈhɑːdʃɪp]

美 [ˈhɑːrdʃɪp]

n.  艰难; 困苦; 拮据

复数：hardships　

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牛津词典

noun

• 艰难；困苦；拮据
  a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc.
  1. economic/financial, etc. hardship
     经济、财政等困难
  2. People suffered many hardships during that long winter.
     在那个漫长的冬季，人们吃了很多苦头。
  3. It was no hardship to walk home on such a lovely evening.
     在这么一个宜人的傍晚步行回家一点也不辛苦。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 艰难;艰苦;贫困
  Hardshipis a situation in which your life is difficult or unpleasant, often because you do not have enough money.
  1. Many people are suffering economic hardship...
     很多人正处于经济困难之中。
  2. One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family.
     最大的痛苦之一是几乎没有时间和家人在一起。

双语例句

• Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.
  住房福利可以减轻人们生活的艰辛。
• How much hardship has this man being conquering?
  你曾经战胜了多少艰难？
• One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family.
  最大的痛苦之一是几乎没有时间和家人在一起。
• How can we prevent such poverty, hardship, and distress?
  我们怎么能防止这种贫穷、艰难和困苦呢？
• He can't stand the slightest hardship.
  他受不得一点儿苦。
• The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.
  增加税收归结起来造成很多困难。
• You can endure any hardship.
  你能承受任何苦难。
• Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
  尽管面临众多的艰难困苦，他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。
• To finish the task by himself will be a great hardship.
  要他独立完成这项任务将是很艰难的。
• In those days of hardship, they managed to survive only by pulling in their belts.
  在那艰苦岁月里，他们是靠节衣缩食才勉强活了下来。