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

• And such people do desperate things, especially in times of economic hardship.
  这样的人做绝望的事情，尤其是在经济困难的时候。
• But a couple of months to think it over is no hardship, it's a godsend.
  但是有一两个月的时间考虑考虑，并不是苦事，这是天赐之福。
• These policies resulted in many elderly people suffering hardship.
  这些政策使许多老人和残疾人在困苦中挣扎。
• 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。
• The harsh economic measures have inflicted great hardship on the people.
  苛刻的经济措施使人民蒙受了极大的苦难。
• They've been promised their full July salary minus the hardship payment.
  他们已经得到承诺，7月份的工资除去辛劳补助外将全额发放。
• The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.
  增加税收归结起来造成很多困难。
• 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。
• After enduring the hardship of the arduous fieldwork, the prospecting team discovered many new ores.
  地质勘探队员餐风饮露，历尽辛苦，找到了不少新的矿藏。
• For many women such hardship would be too heavy to bear.
  对许多妇女来说，如此艰辛太沉重了。