词汇 | hard |
释义 | hard adjective uk/hɑːd/ us/hɑːrd/ (SOLID) A2 坚硬的,坚固的 not easy to bend, cut, or break a hard surface 坚硬的表面 There was a heavy frost last night and the ground is still hard. 昨晚霜冻很严重,地面现在仍很坚硬。 Heating the clay makes it hard. 黏土加热会变硬。 Opposite: soft
(DIFFICULT) A1 困难的,费力的 difficult to understand, do, experience, or deal with There were some really hard questions in the exam. 考试中有一些很难做的题目。 It's hard to say which of them is lying. 很难说他们当中哪个在说谎。 It's hard being a single mother. 做单身母亲很艰难。 Her handwriting is very hard to read. 她的字迹很难辨认。 He's a hard man to please. 他是个难以取悦的人。 The topics get harder later in the course. 在以后的课程中题目会更难。 I feel sorry for the kids, too - they've had a hard time. 我也觉得对不起孩子们——他们那一段过得很苦。 Opposite: easy
(USING EFFORT) B1 耗费体力(或脑力)的;辛苦的 needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort Go on - give it a good hard push! 继续——用力推一把! It was hard work on the farm but satisfying. 农场的活儿很辛苦,但让人有满足感。
(SEVERE) B2 严厉的,苛刻的 not pleasant or gentle; severe You have to be quite hard to succeed in the property business. 要想在房地产生意中获得成功,你必须相当强硬才行。 Ooh, you're a hard woman, Elaine! 噢,你真是个硬心肠的女人,伊莱恩! Our boss has been giving us all a hard time at work (= making our time at work difficult). Life can be hard at times for these nomadic people. Synonyms: austerebleakcomfortless harsh (UNKIND)inhospitable (PLACE)rough (DIFFICULT)severe (VERY SERIOUS)spartan be hard on someoneB2 对(某人)严厉批评;对(某人)不公平 to criticize someone severely, or to treat someone unfairly Don't be too hard on him - he's new to the job. 别对他太苛刻——他刚开始做这项工作。 A good manager knows exactly when to be hard on players and when to go easy on them. Don't be so hard on yourself - you're doing great! He was hard on his kids but he was also extremely proud of them. I'm probably harder on myself than on anyone else. Synonyms: barbaricbarbarous brutalcallouscrueldespoticharsh (UNKIND)inhumansadisticsavage tyrannicaltyrannousvicious
(ALCOHOL) [ before noun ](酒)烈性的,酒精含量高的 A hard drink contains a high level of alcohol. hard liquor 烈性酒 (WATER) (水)硬的,含矿物质较多的 Hard water contains a high level of minerals that prevent soap from cleaning. (CLEAR) [ before noun ]可证实的,确凿的 able to be proved hard facts/evidence 确凿的事实/证据 (WEATHER) (指某个时间)天气恶劣的 used to describe a time when there is bad weather We had a very hard winter last year. 去年冬天天气非常恶劣。 Related word: hardness Idioms be no hard and fast rulesidiom 没有明确的规定 If there are no hard and fast rules, there are no clear rules for you to follow. hard feelingsidiom (对争论对方的)愤怒 anger towards someone that you have argued with So we're friends again, are we? No hard feelings? 那么我们又是朋友了,对吧?不生气了吧? hard luck!idiom UK (用以表示同情)真不走运! used to express sympathy to someone because something slightly bad has happened "We lost again." "Oh, hard luck!" “我们又输了。”“ 噢,真不走运!” (that's) your hard luckidiom UK informal 活该倒霉 said if you think that it is someone's own fault that something bad has happened to them Well, if you missed the presentation because you couldn't be bothered to turn up on time, that's your hard luck! 嗯,如果你是因为不屑于劳神费力准时到场而误了发言,那是你活该倒霉! hard to swallowidiom 令人难以置信 difficult to believe I found her story rather hard to swallow. 我觉得她的说法让人难以置信。 the hard wayidiom 以不必要的费力的方式 a way of doing something that makes it more difficult than it needs to be She always does things the hard way. 她做起事来总是费力不讨好。 C2 从吃苦头中(汲取教训) If you learn something the hard way, you learn from unpleasant experiences rather than by being taught. If she won't listen, she'll have to learn/find out the hard way. 如果她不听,那只好吃些苦头吸取教训了。 take a hard line on someone/somethingidiom 对…非常苛刻 to be very severe in the way that you deal with someone or something hard adverb uk/hɑːd/ us/hɑːrd/ (USING EFFORT) A1 费劲地,努力地,艰难地 with a lot of physical or mental effort Work hard and play hard, that's my motto. 努力工作痛快玩,这是我的座右铭。 I'm not surprised he failed his exam - he didn't exactly try very hard! 他没通过考试我一点都不感到奇怪——他根本就没用功。
(WEATHER) B1 (雨或雪下得)猛烈地,大量地 If it rains or snows hard, it rains or snows a lot. It had been raining hard most of the afternoon. 大半个下午都在下暴雨。 Idioms feel hard done-byidiom UK (also feel hard done-to) 觉得受到不公正的对待 to feel that you have been treated unfairly I'm feeling hard done-by because I've been taking care of the kids all week and Steve's been out every night. 整整一周我都在看孩子,而史蒂夫每晚都出去玩,我觉得不公平。 hard at itidiom UK informal 努力干 putting a lot of effort into what you are doing That's what I like to see - everybody hard at it! 这是我愿意看到的——每个人都在努力工作! |
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