释义 |
be hard on1Treat or criticize (someone) severely: you’re being too hard on her...- Critics have been hard on what they believe to be unnecessary extravagance during a time of war.
- But Nolan says the critics have been hard on his fellow Liverpudlian.
- He was a severe looking man who was known to be hard on his students.
2Be difficult for or unfair to: it was hard on her, because she had to walk nearly a mile out of her way...- That must have been hard on the daughter when the mother is with someone you hate.
- You went through those couple of months that must have been hard on you and your family.
- His mother died… that must have been hard on him.
3Be likely to hurt or damage: the monitor flickers, which is hard on the eyes...- Since the magazine steel is very hard, cutting was hard on tools until they found a shop that could do it with a laser.
- Now I've changed the colour scheme, since some people mentioned that a white-on-dark design was hard on their eyes.
- Hanging on to the vine was hard on the hands and often produced blisters, despite the fact that our hands were well hardened with farm work.
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