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hardship

noun
🔊/ˈhɑːdʃɪp/
🔊/ˈhɑːrdʃɪp/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc.艰难；困苦；拮据
    • economic/financial, etc. hardship经济、财政等困难
    • People suffered many hardships during that long winter.在那个漫长的冬季，人们吃了很多苦头。🔊🔊
    • The two men endured great hardship during their trek across Antarctica.这两名男子在穿越南极洲的长途跋涉中历尽艰辛。
    • 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。🔊🔊
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    • In times of economic hardship, firms cut back on training.在经济困难时期，公司纷纷削减培训支出。
    • Students may suffer severe financial hardship as a result of the government's decision.政府的这一决定可能会使学生经受严重的经济困难。
    • The union made hardship payments to some of the sacked workers.工会给一些遭解雇的工人发放了困难补助。
    • They are living in genuine hardship.他们确实生活困难。
    • They could improve our conditions without undue hardship for themselves.他们可以改善我们的生活条件而对他们自己也不会造成太大的困难。
    • They have already survived considerable hardship.他们已经熬过了极其艰苦的时期。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • appalling
    • considerable
    • extreme
    • …
    verb + hardship
    • cause
    • impose
    • bear
    • …
    hardship + noun
    • fund
    • payment
    preposition
    • in hardship
    • without hardship
    • hardship among
    • …
    phrases
    • times of hardship
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