| 词汇 | hardship |
| 释义 | hardship noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈhɑːd.ʃɪp/ us /ˈhɑːrd.ʃɪp/ C1 (something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this: 艰苦，困难 economic hardship经济困难 Difficult things and people a (heavy) cross to bearidiom albatross ball and chain bane be dead meatidiom be in the clearidiom bump chill equation hiccup hindrance hot potato impediment incubus nut snag stumbling block teaser teething troubles thorn in your flesh/sideidiom hardship | American Dictionaryhardship noun[ C/U ] us/ˈhɑrdˌʃɪp/ a condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering: [ U ]The 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship. hardship | Business Englishhardship noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈhɑːdʃɪp/us a condition that causes difficulty or suffering, for example, being without a job or enough money: financial/economic hardshipThe price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic hardship. extreme/real/severe hardship The Commission does not believe that the proposed rule change will pose an undue hardship on venture capital firms. Examples of hardshiphardship Their sons migrated for reasons of economic hardship and personal insecurity following political harassment. Need was shown through the degree of hardship experienced, as well as the number of petitioners involved. For their part, the unemployed remained compliant in the face of extreme hardship. Although there would be sufficient hardships and dangers and problems to give spice to life, there would be no utterly destructive and apparently vindictive evil. Or maybe those who have been able to choose their leaders are more willing to accept the hardships associated with policies of economic adjustment. But this backlash was not just a reaction to the economic hardship. What matters from this perspective is the overall pattern of the life, for instance, whether early hardships are linked to later success. Their lives of hardship required them to internalise the tastes imposed by their social conditions. Reporting material hardship and difficulty meeting expenses are somewhat correlated. Of the three incomebased poverty measures, the experimental measure looks more like the material hardship and the inability-to-meet-expenses measure for children. In relation to the critique of ' nuclear hardship ' and our subsequent model it illuminates several issues. This is a situation that can be likened to jazz music, inspired by hardship and the outcome of tremendous creative endeavour. For those who can borrow, low current income of a temporary nature is less likely to be associated with reports of material hardship. Many could not endure the hardship and took their own lives. Reviving the economy, solving the fiscal crisis, and alleviating social hardship became the major policy problems of the state. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withhardshiphardshipThese are words often used in combination with hardship. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. considerable hardship This trek was a considerable hardship for these children and their families. enormous hardship Provided the date was set far enough ahead, it would not result in enormous hardship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 extreme hardship For their part, the unemployed remained compliant in the face of extremehardship. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with hardship |
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