hardness
n. 坚硬; <物>硬性; 困难; 冷酷
Something that is hard is very firm and stiff to touch and is not easily bent, cut, or broken.
He shuffled his feet on the hard wooden floor...
他拖着脚在硬木地板上走动。
Something cold and hard pressed into the back of his neck.
一个冰冷梆硬的东西顶在了他的脖梗儿上。
Something that is hard is very difficult to do or deal with.
It's hard to tell what effect this latest move will have...
很难说最近这次行动会有什么结果。
She found it hard to accept some of the criticisms directed towards her and her work...
她发现某些针对自己和自己工作的批评意见很难接受。
If you work hard doing something, you are very active or work intensely, with a lot of effort.
I'll work hard. I don't want to let him down...
我会努力工作,我不想让他失望。
Am I trying too hard?
我是不是努力过头了?
Hard work involves a lot of activity and effort.
Coping with three babies is very hard work...
照顾3个宝宝是非常累人的活儿。
...a hard day's work...
一天的辛苦工作
If you look, listen, or think hard, you do it carefully and with a great deal of attention.
He looked at me hard...
他使劲盯着我看。
You had to listen hard to hear the old man breathe...
你要仔细听才能听见老人的呼吸声。
If you strike or take hold of something hard, you strike or take hold of it with a lot of force.
I kicked a dustbin very hard and broke my toe.
我狠狠地踢了一脚垃圾箱,结果脚趾骨折了。
You can use hard to indicate that something happens intensely and for a long time.
I've never seen Terry laugh so hard...
我从未见过特里如此放声大笑。
It was snowing hard by then.
当时雪下得很大。
If a person or their expression is hard, they show no kindness or sympathy.
His father was a hard man...
他的父亲是个冷酷无情的人。
Kate realized that the previous hard look on Maggie's face had been a mask.
凯特意识到玛吉原先的那副冷酷表情其实是装出来的。
If you are hard on someone, you treat them severely or unkindly.
Don't be so hard on him.
别对他太苛刻了。
If you say that something is hard on a person or thing, you mean it affects them in a way that is likely to cause them damage or suffering.
The grey light was hard on the eyes...
光线暗淡对眼睛不利。
These last four years have been hard on them.
过去的这四年里他们吃了不少苦。
If you have a hard life or a hard period of time, your life or that period is difficult and unpleasant for you.
It had been a hard life for her...
对她而言,那是一段非常艰苦的生活。
Those were hard times.
那些岁月是非常艰难的。
A hard winter or a hard frost is a very cold one.
...a prolonged period of hard frost...
漫长的强霜冻期
I am expecting a long, hard winter.
我估计冬天会漫长而寒冷。
Hard colours or sounds are harsh or bright and unpleasant to see or hear.
The sea was a hard blue.
大海呈一片耀眼的蓝色。
Hard evidence or facts are definitely true and do not need to be questioned.
He wanted more hard evidence...
他想要更多确凿的证据。
There are probably fewer hard facts about the life of Henry Purcell than that of any other great composer since the Renaissance.
有关亨利·普赛尔生平的可靠资料可能比任何其他文艺复兴以来的伟大作曲家都要少。
Hard water contains a lot of calcium compounds that stop soap making bubbles and sometimes appear as a deposit in kettles and baths.
Hard drugs are very strong illegal drugs such as heroin or cocaine.
In phonetics, a hard sound is one such as 'c' or 'g' as pronounced in the words 'cat' or 'give', and not as in the words 'cinema' or 'general'.
If one thing is hard by another, it is very close to it.
Paradise Street was a short, crowded street near the railway station and hard by the factory.
天堂街是火车站附近一条拥挤的小街道,离该工厂很近。
If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
The hall porter was feeling hard done by at having to extend his shift.
酒店行李搬运工因为被迫延长当班时间而愤愤不平。
If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
The talks had been hard going at the start.
会谈从一开始就举步维艰。
To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
California's been particularly hard hit by the recession.
加利福尼亚受经济衰退的影响尤为严重。
If someone plays hard to get, they pretend not to be interested in another person or in what someone is trying to persuade them to do.
I wanted her and she was playing hard to get.
我想得到她,但她却故意装出不感兴趣的样子。
If someone is hard put to do something or, in British English if they are hard pushed to do something, they have great difficulty doing it.
Mr Morton is undoubtedly cleverer than Mr Kirkby, but he will be hard put to match his popularity.
莫顿先生无疑比柯克比先生更聪明,但他将很难像柯克比先生那样受人欢迎。
If you take something hard, you are very upset or depressed by it.
Maybe I just took it too hard.
可能我真的对此事太过耿耿于怀。
1. the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
2. devoid of passion or feeling
3. the quality of being difficult to do;
4. excessive sternness;
He felt the hardness of the iron railing press against his spine.
他感觉到硬邦邦的铁栏杆顶着自己的脊梁。
With regard to hardness, the diamond is in a class by itself.
讲硬度, 金刚钻是独一无二的.
The old snow has compacted into the hardness of ice.
雪堆积日久而凝固如冰.
A knid of metallic hardness came into his voice.
他的声音带有一种刺耳的生硬的腔调.
The hardness and inhumanity of the man was fast breaking up.
这人那冷酷无情的心情很快地消灭了.