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adjectiveadverb Wait for the concrete to go hard. 等待混凝土凝结。 a hard mattress硬床垫 Diamonds are the hardest known mineral. 钻石是已知的最坚硬的矿石。 a hard choice/question为难的选择；难以回答的问题 hard to do something It is hard to believe that she's only nine. 很难相信她只有九岁。 It's hard to see how they can lose. 很难理解他们怎么会输。 ‘When will the job be finished?’ ‘It's hard to say’ (= it is difficult to be certain). “这项工作什么时候能完成？” “难说。” I find his attitude very hard to take (= difficult to accept). 他的态度让我难以接受。 We're finding reliable staff hard to come by (= difficult to get). 我们觉得难以找到可靠的职员。 You are hard to please, aren’t you? hard for somebody (to do something) It's hard for old people to change their ways. 老年人难以改变他们的习惯。 It must be hard for her, bringing up four children on her own. 她一个人抚养四个孩子一定很艰难。 Times were hard at the end of the war. 战争后期生活很艰苦。 She's had a hard life. 她一生艰苦。 It's hard work shovelling snow. 铲雪是个苦活儿。 I've had a long hard day. 我度过了漫长辛苦的一天。 This season has been a hard slog. They had put in hours of hard graft. She's a very hard worker. 她工作很卖力。 He's hard at work on a new novel. 他正努力忙着写一本新小说。 When I left they were all still hard at it (= working hard). 我离开的时候他们都还在努力工作。 He gave the door a good hard kick. 他狠狠踢了一下门。 a hard punch砰的一拳 My father was a hard man. 我父亲是个不讲情面的人。 She gave me a hard stare. 她狠狠地看了我一眼。 His voice was hard. He said some very hard things to me. 他对我说了些很不近人情的话。 Come and get me if you think you're hard enough. 你要是觉得自己有种，就冲着我来吧。 You think you're really hard, don't you? 你是不是以为自己真的很勇猛？ Is there any hard evidence either way? 不管正反，有什么确凿证据吗？ The newspaper story is based on hard facts. 报纸的这篇报道有可靠的事实根据。 It had been a hard winter. 那年的冬天特别冷。 There was a hard frost that night. 那天晚上寒冷多霜。 hard liquor烈酒 (informal) a drop of the hard stuff (= a strong alcoholic drink)少许烈酒 a hard water area硬水区 Our water is very hard. 我们的水很硬。 Don't be too hard on him—he's very young. 别对他太苛刻了，他还很小呢。 It's hard on people who don't have a car. 对于没有车的人来说，这不公平。 Looking at a computer screen all day can be very hard on the eyes. 成天盯着计算机屏幕可能会对眼睛造成严重损害。 They really gave me a hard time at the interview. 面试时他们确实是在难为我。 There are no hard and fast rules about this. 这事没有什么硬性的规定。 This situation isn’t hard and fast. I'm finding his latest novel very hard going. 我觉得他最近的这部小说很晦涩。 ‘Failed again, I'm afraid.’ ‘Oh, hard luck.’ “恐怕我又失败了。” “哦，太不幸了。” She has been an excellent principal and will be a hard act to follow. She won't listen to my advice so she'll just have to learn the hard way. 她不肯听我的忠告，所以只好吃了苦头才知道厉害。 You'll have a job convincing them that you're right. 要让他们信服你是对的还要费点劲。 He had a hard job to make himself heard. 他好不容易才使别人听见他的声音。 It looks like I'm the winner again. No hard feelings, Dave, eh? 看来我又赢了。你不会不高兴吧，戴夫？ We need to take a long hard look at all the options. 我们需要十分谨慎地考虑所有的选择。 I can't be bothered making a hot meal—it's too much like hard work. 我懒得做热饭热菜，太麻烦了。 The exam questions were quite difficult.考题相当难。 It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。 I always found languages quite hard at school.在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。 It was one of the hardest things I ever did.这是我做过的最难的事情之一。 It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.演奏这一段音乐需要有很高的技艺。 This shouldn’t be too taxing for you. 这对你来说不至于太费劲。 I found the exam quite hard. If you tell the children the answers, it only makes it harder for them to do the work on their own. Life got very hard. The chairs felt hard and uncomfortable. The toffee was rock hard. ‘When will the job be finished?’ ‘It’s hard to say.’ “这项工作什么时候能完成？” “难说。” Conditions were extremely hard in the camps. He’s as hard and uncompromising as any professional sportsman. I always found languages quite hard at school.在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。 I find his attitude quite hard to take. I’ve had a long hard day. 我度过了漫长辛苦的一天。 It can be very hard for people to accept change. It was one of the hardest things I ever did.这是我做过的最难的事情之一。 It’s hard to believe she’s only nine years old. It’s hard work shovelling snow. 铲雪是个苦活儿。 My grandmother had a hard life. Some viruses can be harder to identify. The ground is still rock-hard. The newspaper story is based on hard facts. 报纸的这篇报道有可靠的事实根据。 The reason for their absence wasn’t hard to find. They were given a list of hard spellings to learn. We’re finding reliable workers hard to come by. a hard bench/chair to work hard努力工作 You must try harder. 你得更加努力。 She tried her hardest not to show how disappointed she was. 她竭力不流露出自己有多失望。 Don't hit it so hard! 别这么用力打！ He was still breathing hard after his run. 他跑完步，现在还气喘吁吁的。 Our victory was hard won (= won with great difficulty). 我们的胜利来之不易。 (figurative) Small businesses have been hit hard/hard hit by the recession.小企业受到了经济衰退的沉重打击。 to think hard认真思考 We thought long and hard before deciding to move house. 我们经过长久慎重的考虑之后才决定搬家。 It was raining hard when we set off. 我们出发时正下着大雨。 Turn hard right at the next junction. 在下个路口处向右急转弯。 She has every right to feel hard done by—her parents have given her nothing. 她完全有理由觉得委屈，她父母什么都没给她。 He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance. 他很难对她的消失作出解释。 We're hard up for ideas. 我们再想不出主意了。 His death followed hard on hers. 她死后不久，他也死了。 News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. 出口数字下降之后紧接着就是失业率上升的消息。 He ran ahead, with the others hot on his heels He took his wife's death very hard. 他对妻子的死感到很难过。 I have to work hard today.今天我得努力工作。 She has thought very hard about her future plans.她曾经苦苦思考将来该怎么办。 It was raining hard outside.外面雨下得很大。 I hardly ever go to concerts.我很少去听音乐会。 I can hardly wait for my birthday.我迫切等待着我的生日。 I’ve been working hardly today.She has thought very hardly about her future plans.It was raining hardly outside. Crosby is fighting hard to keep his job. He had studied hard to become an engineer. I trained as hard as I could. She tried her hardest not to show her disappointment. The industry has been lobbying hard for cuts in electricity pricing. They prayed hard for rain. They work hard at school. You must try harder. 你得更加努力。 |