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。
• 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。
• Many people are suffering economic hardship
  很多人正处于经济困难之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is going to be hardship, but we have to grit our teeth and get on with it.
  未来会很艰难，但是我们必须咬牙坚持下去。
• 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。
• Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery.
  我们的人民已经遭受了巨大的苦难。