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。
• Do people truly benefit from hardship and misfortune?
  我们真的能从苦难和不幸中获益吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.
  住房福利可以减轻人们生活的艰辛。
• She always grabs the heaviest jobs and never complains of hardship or fatigue.
  她总抢重活儿干，从来不叫苦不叫累。
• 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。
• 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？
• Many people are suffering economic hardship
  很多人正处于经济困难之中。