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

• Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery.
  我们的人民已经遭受了巨大的苦难。
• Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.
  住房福利可以减轻人们生活的艰辛。
• I have gone through many difficulties, experienced hardship, but adversity brought me power and confidence.
  我经历了许多艰难困苦，但它也给了我力量和信心。
• Do people truly benefit from hardship and misfortune?
  我们真的能从苦难和不幸中获益吗？
• The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.
  增加税收归结起来造成很多困难。
• If other people can endure hardship, why can't I?
  人家能吃苦，我就不能？
• We defy death, not to speak of hardship and difficulties.
  我们死都不怕，更不用说艰难困苦了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。