hard
adj. 困難的; 硬的; 有力的; 努力的
adv. 努力地; 猛力地; 嚴重地; 沉重地
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...
他拖著腳在硬木地板上走動。
Something cold and hard pressed into the back of his neck.
一個冰冷梆硬的東西頂在了他的脖梗兒上。
Something that is hard is very difficult to do or deal with.
It's hard to tell what effect this latest move will have...
很難說最近這次行動會有什麼結果。
She found it hard to accept some of the criticisms directed towards her and her work...
她發現某些針對自己和自己工作的批評意見很難接受。
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...
我會努力工作,我不想讓他失望。
Am I trying too hard?
我是不是努力過頭了?
Hard work involves a lot of activity and effort.
Coping with three babies is very hard work...
照顧3個寶寶是非常累人的活兒。
...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...
他使勁盯著我看。
You had to listen hard to hear the old man breathe...
你要仔細聽才能聽見老人的呼吸聲。
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.
我狠狠地踢了一腳垃圾箱,結果腳趾骨折了。
You can use hard to indicate that something happens intensely and for a long time.
I've never seen Terry laugh so hard...
我從未見過特里如此放聲大笑。
It was snowing hard by then.
當時雪下得很大。
If a person or their expression is hard, they show no kindness or sympathy.
His father was a hard man...
他的父親是個冷酷無情的人。
Kate realized that the previous hard look on Maggie's face had been a mask.
凱特意識到瑪吉原先的那副冷酷表情其實是裝出來的。
If you are hard on someone, you treat them severely or unkindly.
Don't be so hard on him.
別對他太苛刻了。
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...
光線暗淡對眼睛不利。
These last four years have been hard on them.
過去的這四年裡他們吃了不少苦。
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...
對她而言,那是一段非常艱苦的生活。
Those were hard times.
那些歲月是非常艱難的。
A hard winter or a hard frost is a very cold one.
...a prolonged period of hard frost...
漫長的強霜凍期
I am expecting a long, hard winter.
我估計冬天會漫長而寒冷。
Hard colours or sounds are harsh or bright and unpleasant to see or hear.
The sea was a hard blue.
大海呈一片耀眼的藍色。
Hard evidence or facts are definitely true and do not need to be questioned.
He wanted more hard evidence...
他想要更多確鑿的證據。
There are probably fewer hard facts about the life of Henry Purcell than that of any other great composer since the Renaissance.
有關亨利·普賽爾生平的可靠資料可能比任何其他文藝復興以來的偉大作曲家都要少。
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.
天堂街是火車站附近一條擁擠的小街道,離該工廠很近。
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.
酒店行李搬運工因為被迫延長當班時間而憤憤不平。
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.
會談從一開始就舉步維艱。
To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
California's been particularly hard hit by the recession.
加利福尼亞受經濟衰退的影響尤為嚴重。
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,但她卻故意裝出不感興趣的樣子。
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.
莫頓先生無疑比柯克比先生更聰明,但他將很難像柯克比先生那樣受人歡迎。
If you take something hard, you are very upset or depressed by it.
Maybe I just took it too hard.
可能我真的對此事太過耿耿於懷。
1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;
2. metaphorically hard;
3. not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated;
4. very strong or vigorous;
5. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;
6. of speech sounds
7. of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;
8. having undergone fermentation;
9. having a high alcoholic content;
10. unfortunate or hard to bear;
11. dried out;
1. with effort or force or vigor;
2. with firmness;
3. earnestly or intently;
4. causing great damage or hardship;
5. slowly and with difficulty;
6. indulging excessively;
7. into a solid condition;
8. very near or close in space or time;
9. with pain or distress or bitterness;
10. to the full extent possible; all the way;
difficult, hard
這兩個形容詞均有"困難"之意。
firm, hard, solid
這些形容詞都可表示"堅定的,結實的"之意。
be hard on
嚴厲對待;苛待;苛責
使受苦;對…不公平
對…有害
be hard put (to it)
覺得…很難;很難做到
give someone a hard time
(非正式)有意為難某人
go hard with
(舊)對…不利
hard as nails
hard at it
(非正式)忙得不可開交
hard by
靠近
hard done by
(英)被虐待;受到不公平對待
hard feelings
怨恨
hard going
難理解的,難懂的;缺少樂趣的
hard hit
受到嚴重影響,受到嚴重打擊
hard luck (或 lines)
(英,非正式)[用於表示同情、憐憫、遺憾、可惜]真可惜;真遺憾
a hard nut to crack
(非正式)棘手之人(或事)
hard on ( 或 upon)
緊跟著
Her health was the forfeIt'she paid for working too hard.
她的健康的喪失是辛勞過度所致.
Why do you leave all the hard work up to your mother?
你為什麼把所有難做的事都留給你母親?
Don't give me a hard time, boys. I'm trying to study.
別搗蛋, 夥計們, 我要學習了.
This job entails a lot of hard work.
這項工作需要十分努力.
He fought many hard battles and achieved notable merits , but he remains humble in spirits.
他參加過許多戰役,立下了汗馬功勞, 但他仍然很謙虛.
adj. 嚴厲的;嚴格的
unyieldingsternstrictinflexible
adj. 嚴酷的;討厭的
unpleasantcallousharshsevereugly
adj. 困難的;艱難的
ruggeddifficulttoughroughcomplicatedarduous
adj. 硬的,堅固的
adv. 努力地
witheffortlaboriouslystrenuouslyvigor
其他釋義
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