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

• His boyhood conditioned him to hardship.
  他的少年时代使他习惯于逆境。
• His life was touched by hardship and personal tragedy.
  艰难和个人不幸影响了他的生活。
• Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.
  住房福利可以减轻人们生活的艰辛。
• 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。
• The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.
  增加税收归结起来造成很多困难。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many poor households are experiencing real hardship.
  很多贫穷家庭正经历严重的困难。
• 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。