harder , hardest
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.
他拖着脚在坚硬的木地板上走着。
Something that is hard is very difficult to do or deal with.
It's hard to tell what effect this latest move will have.
很难说最近的这次行动将会有什么样的影响。
That's a very hard question.
那是个很难的问题。
A hard worker works intensely, with a lot of effort.
I admired him as a true scientist and hard worker.
我钦佩他是一名真正的科学家和勤奋的工作者。
Hard work involves a lot of activity and effort.
Coping with three babies is very hard work.
照顾3个小宝宝是件很累人的活儿。
a hard day's work.
一天累人的工作。
If you take a hard look at something, you do it carefully and with a great deal of attention.
It might be worth taking a long hard look at your frustrations and resentments.
也许很有必要对你的失意和愤恨进行认真的分析。
If you give something or someone a hard push or kick, you push or kick them with a lot of force.
He gave her a hard push which toppled her backwards into an armchair.
他重重地推了她一把,将她向后推倒在一把扶手椅上。
If a person or their expression is hard, they show no kindness or sympathy.
His father was a hard man.
他父亲是个冷酷无情的人。
If you are hard on someone, you treat them severely or unkindly.
Don't be so hard on him.
别对他太严厉。
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.
昏暗的光线使眼睛很难受。
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.
对她而言,那是一段艰难的日子。
Hard evidence or facts are definitely true and do not need to be questioned.
He wanted more hard evidence.
他想要更多确凿的证据。
Hard drugs are very strong illegal drugs such as heroin or cocaine.
He then graduated from soft drugs to hard ones.
他随后从服用软性毒品逐步发展到服用烈性毒品。
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.
我会努力工作。我不想让他失望。
If you look, listen, or think hard, you do it carefully and with a great deal of attention.
He looked at me hard.
他盯着我看。
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.
我狠狠踢了一脚垃圾桶,结果将脚趾骨踢折了。
You can use hard to indicate that something happens intensely and for a long time.
I've never seen Terry laugh so hard.
我从没见过特里笑得如此厉害。
If you come down or crack down hard on someone, you treat them severely or unkindly.
He said the security forces would continue to crack down hard on the protesters.
他说安全部队将继续严厉镇压抗议者。
be hard going
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.
会谈在开始时是艰难的。
play hard to get
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.
我渴望她,她却摆架子。
be hard hit
To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
California's been particularly hard hit by the recession.
加利福尼亚受到经济衰退的影响尤为严重。