詞彙精選：hardship的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

困苦，苦難，艱難險阻

例句：

Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.

受窮受苦使他未老先衰。

例句：

He shows himself to be confident, addicted to hardship.

他顯示他自己是個充滿自信，不怕吃苦的人。

例句：

Many people are suffering economic [hardship].

很多人正遭受着經濟困難。

二、詞義辨析：

difficulty,hardship

這兩個名詞都表示“困難”之意。difficulty指需大量思考和技巧或努力才能克服的任何困難。hardship側重指生活上令人難以承受的艱難困苦，如疾病、貧窮等磨難。

三、參考例句：

Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.

住房福利可以減輕人們生活的困苦。

His cold character was molded by hardship.

艱難困苦鍛鍊了他那冷酷性格。

A stoic responds to hardship with imperturbation.

堅忍克己之人經受苦難仍能泰然自若。

Many people are suffering economic hardship.

很多人正遭受着經濟困難。

We are ready to face any hardship.

我們準備好了面對任何艱難。

This would cause great hardship and suffering.

這將造成極大的艱難困苦。

Many students are suffering severe financial hardship.

A stoic person responds to hardship with imperturbation.

堅忍克己之人經受苦難仍能泰然自若。

He is undergoing great hardship of his failure.

他正經歷失敗的極度痛苦。

After years of worry and hardship, her health broke.

經過多年的憂慮和困苦，她的健康變得衰弱了。