| 单词 | hardship |
| 释义 | hardship (hɑːʳdʃɪp ) Word forms: hardships variable noun Hardship is a situation in which your life is difficult or unpleasant, often because you do not have enough money. Many people are suffering economic hardship. One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family. Synonyms: suffering, want, need, trouble Collocations: economic hardship This year, more than half a million people fleeing war and economic hardship have made the terrifying journey to Europe. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Austerity programmes in these countries have caused huge economic hardship. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Cinema attendances tend to rise in times of economic hardship, as audiences go in search of relatively inexpensive escapism. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Many soldiers were young or shell-shocked and most had endured unimaginable hardship. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Often they have endured hardship to get their chance in the ring; boxing is the easy bit. Times, Sunday Times (2007) At the end of his life he endured some terrible hardships. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Many people were experiencing financial hardship for the first time. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) These are the sectors of the economy that can be expected to experience the most hardship. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Knowing the public appreciate the hardships being experienced by our troops means a huge amount to them. The Sun (2008) Workers in company schemes are having to pump more cash into their funds or face hardship in old age. The Sun But workers in company or private schemes face hardship as the slump hammers their savings. The Sun In particular, the applicants occupied specially adapted premises and would face hardship or, in the case of the second applicant, a risk to personal safety, if they had to move. Times,Sunday Times These top managers are unlikely to face hardship in their declining years. Times, Sunday Times Through no fault of their own they face hardship for life. The Sun Many people now face financial hardship. The Sun (2014) Apart from the possible financial hardship of retirement many find it hard to adjust to having little to do. Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990) Despite the financial hardships caused by having so many mouths to feed, the Simpsons are eager to have more children. The Sun (2008) Voters come over to him to talk about the hardships of life. Times,Sunday Times In lines 133a, the seafarer describes the desolate hardships of life on the wintry sea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hardships of life at sea permanently damaged his health, but provided him with material for a career as a writer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A common theme throughout the story deals with the hardships of life and how people must deal with them in their own way. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because of the dangers and hardships of life in the colony some colonists decided to return to the homeland in 1628. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nor are they a licence to defy the law and inflict hardship - costing taxpayers millions - on people innocently going about their day. The Sun He knows hard-up voters see the difference between falling on hard times and fecklessly inflicting hardship on themselves and others. The Sun Combative play has always appealed to me, especially when it comes from forwards reversing the usual process by inflicting hardship on defenders. Times, Sunday Times More than 500,000 young people have been trained, mentored and inspired to overcome hardship, fulfil their potential and transform their lives. Times, Sunday Times Travel should be about overcoming hardship. Times, Sunday Times He was an artistically gifted young man and overcame hardship in order to study art. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He maintained a philosophical attitude to adversity and personal hardship throughout his life. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The demise of those empires has had heavy costs in reputation but little in personal hardship. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The exercise of the powers to direct removal was likely to involve both public cost and personal hardship or indignity. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I'm mostly happy with my own company, but physical hardship, fatigue and the cold would trigger loneliness. Times, Sunday Times Physical hardship was a constant companion, the focus of nearly every conversation. Christianity Today He thought of the terrible physical hardship. Times, Sunday Times All of this work was undertaken amid great physical hardship. Times, Sunday Times The five people on this year's hikes have all been significantly fitter than the average joe, trained to endure physical hardship but now bear continuing scars acquired on the job. Times, Sunday Times In this cosy relationship, developing a bad aeroplane did not cause severe hardship to the company that had built it. The Times Literary Supplement Bakeries will face severe hardship if they have to pass on this extra charge to customers. The Sun The necessity grew out of severe hardship and led indirectly, through its instruments of credit, to the disastrous bank crashes of 1825-6 which caused even greater problems. The Times Literary Supplement However, the mania generally came after periods of unusually severe hardship. Times, Sunday Times When he was young, their business went into decline, and the family had to endure severe hardship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Households with debt would suffer intense hardship. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Some of the people who moved to Britain have suffered hardship and unemployment. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Yet all the while their people are suffering unimaginable hardship. The Sun (2008) Given the predictions of terrible hardship, fiscal discipline has not seemed so bad. Times, Sunday Times Both campaigns seemed to be stunts to suggest that government policy had created terrible hardship and deprivation. Times, Sunday Times Some people love ratings, of course: it saves the terrible hardship of having to bother reading the review. Times, Sunday Times At the end of his life he endured some terrible hardships. The Times Literary Supplement They have to face terrible hardship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Accommodations that impose an undue hardship upon an employer are not required. Christianity Today Management contracts should not contain provisions that are likely to cause undue hardship on the credit union. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The undue hardship can not be created by the landowner or be based entirely on economic reasons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Student loans can not be discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding unless the debtor can demonstrate undue hardship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first part of this test has been applied frequently as the minimum necessary to establish undue hardship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 困境 Japanese: 苦労 |
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