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hardadjective(SOLID)A2noteasytobend,cut, orbreak: 坚硬的，坚固的 a hardsurface坚硬的表面 There was aheavyfrostlastnightand thegroundis still hard.昨晚霜冻很严重，地面现在仍很坚硬。 Heating theclaymakes it hard.黏土加热会变硬。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesnot bending or changing shape easily - hardIf you hit your head on a hard surface, see a doctor.
- stiffPost the picture in a stiff cardboard envelope so it doesn't get crumpled.
- rigidThe sculpture was a rigid steel and concrete structure.
- solidDry the clay until it's solid.
- firmI prefer a firm mattress.
See more results » - Babies like tochewon hardobjectswhen they'reteething.
- Thegroundwasfrozenhard and wasimpossibletodig.
- Brazilnutshave very hardshells.
- Forrunningon hardroads, you needshoeswithextracushioningtoabsorbtheshock.
- Mahogany is a hardwoodandpineis asoftwood.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesHard and firm - (as) stiff/straight as a ramrodidiom
- adamantine
- cast iron
- congealed
- crisp
- crisply
- erect
- firmness
- fossilized
- harden
- hardening
- hardness
- rigid
- rigidity
- rock-hard
- rock-solid
- solidly
- stiff
- stiffly
- tense
See more results » hardadjective(DIFFICULT)A1difficulttounderstand, do,experience, ordealwith: 困难的，费力的 There were some really hardquestionsin theexam.考试中有一些很难做的题目。 It's hardto saywhich of them islying.很难说他们当中哪个在说谎。 It's hard beingasinglemother.做单身母亲很艰难。 Herhandwritingis very hardtoread.她的字迹很难辨认。 He's a hard mantoplease.他是个难以取悦的人。 Thetopicsgetharderlaterin thecourse.在以后的课程中题目会更难。 Ifeelsorryfor thekids, too - they've had a hardtime.我也觉得对不起孩子们——他们那一段过得很苦。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesnot easy to deal with or understand - difficultIt's very difficult to find a job in this city.
- hardThe exam was really hard.
- complicatedThe instructions were so complicated I just couldn't follow them.
- complexDesigning a house is a complex process.
- trickyIt's quite tricky getting the puzzle pieces to fit together.
See more results » - Ifoundit hard tofollowwhat theteacherwas saying, andeventuallyIlostconcentration.
- Theexamis so hard that only 5% of allapplicantspass.
- It was hard to beangrywith him when helookedsopenitent.
- Theyfindit hard toliveontheirstatepension.
- Ending arelationshipis always hard but in thiscaseit's for thebest.
- Theteacherfoundit hard tokeepherclassinorder.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDifficult to understand - abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- ambiguously
- antinomy
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick headidiom
- impalpable
- indiscernible
- labyrinthine
- lost
- non-intuitive
- obscurely
- obscurity
- prolix
- verbosity
- wasted onsomeoneidiom
- word salad
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complicated and difficult to do hardadjective(USING EFFORT)B1needingor using a lot ofphysicalormentaleffort: 耗费体力（或脑力）的；辛苦的 Go on - give it a good hardpush!继续——用力推一把！ It was hardworkon thefarmbutsatisfying.农场的活儿很辛苦，但让人有满足感。 - After all that hardwork, youdeserveaholiday.
- Give theropea hardpull.
- I gave thedoora hardpush, but it still wouldn'topen.
- After a hardclimb, we wererewardedby apicture-postcardvistaofrollinghillsunder adeepbluesummersky.
- The lastpartof thecourseis much harder.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesComplicated and difficult to do - advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tricky
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
See more results » hardadjective(SEVERE)B2notpleasantorgentle;severe: 严厉的，苛刻的 You have to bequitehard tosucceedin thepropertybusiness.要想在房地产生意中获得成功，你必须相当强硬才行。 Ooh, you're a hard woman, Elaine!噢，你真是个硬心肠的女人，伊莱恩！ Ourbosshas been giving us all a hardtimeatwork(= makingourtimeatworkdifficult).我们老板一直都让我们工作的时候日子不好过。 Life can be hard attimesfor thesenomadicpeople. Synonymsaustere bleak comfortlessformal harsh(UNKIND) inhospitable(PLACE) rough(DIFFICULT) severe(VERY SERIOUS) spartan be hard onsomeone B2tocriticizesomeoneseverely, or totreatsomeoneunfairly: 对（某人）严厉批评；对（某人）不公平 Don't be too hard on him - he's new to thejob.别对他太苛刻——他刚开始做这项工作。 Synonymsbarbaric barbarousformal brutal callous cruel despotic harsh(UNKIND) inhuman sadistic savage tyrannical tyrannous vicious - Theauthoritiesplanto come down hard ontruancyinfuture.
- "Wellokay,perhapsI was a little hard on her, " heconceded.
- Theinstructorsworkedus very hard on thesurvivalcourse.
- Watch out for those two - they're well hard.
- Sportsequipmentisdesignedtowithstandhardusage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSevere - an iron hand/fist in a velvet gloveidiom
- austere
- austerely
- authoritarian
- be heavy onsomeoneidiom
- brutally
- flaming
- harsh
- nonsense
- not stand any nonsenseidiom
- pitiless
- rigorously
- severity
- sharp
- sharply
- sharpness
- stern
- sternly
- sternness
- stiffly
See more results » hardadjective(ALCOHOL)[before noun]A harddrinkcontainsa highlevelofalcohol: （酒）烈性的，酒精含量高的 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAlcohol - general words - alcoholic
- alcopop
- Angostura
- aperitif
- bevvy
- booze
- intoxicant
- juice
- kick
- libation
- liquid lunch
- liquor
- pre-drink
- pre-drinking
- predrinks
- pregaming
- preload
- specific gravity
- tot
- usual
See more results » hardadjective(WATER)Hardwatercontainsa highlevelofmineralsthatpreventsoapfromcleaning. （水）硬的，含矿物质较多的SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWater in general - aquatically
- aqueous
- bathwater
- bathymetric
- bathymetry
- brackish
- briny
- distilled water
- ditchwater
- freshwater
- grey water
- hypersaline
- hypersalinity
- non-turbulent
- overwater
- rainwater
- salt water
- soft water
- storm surge
- wet
See more results » hardadjective(CLEAR)[before noun]ableto beproved: 可证实的，确凿的 hardfacts/evidence确凿的事实／证据 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCertainty - (as) clear as dayidiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom
- and that's flat!idiom
- assured
- assuredly
- decidedly
- deffo
- definite
- definitely
- definitive
- mistake
- nailsomethingon
- nailed on
- natch
- not miss a beatidiom
- squarely
- unreservedly
- watertight
- would
- you can bet your lifeidiom
See more results » hardadjective(WEATHER)used todescribeatimewhen there isbadweather: （指某个时间）天气恶劣的We had a very hardwinterlastyear.去年冬天天气非常恶劣。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDescribing bad weather - bleak
- bleakly
- bleakness
- depression
- dreich
- fickle
- fickleness
- gray
- grey
- greyness
- inclement
- overcast
- rough
- threatening
- treacherous
- unseasonable
- unseasonably
- unseasonal
- unseasonally
- wuthering
See more results » GrammarHard Hard is both an adjective and an adverb. When it is an adverb, it means ‘needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort’. It goes after the main verb:… Idiomsbe no hard and fast rules hard feelings hard luck! (that's)yourhard luck hard to swallow the hard way take a hard line onsomeone/something hardadverb(USING EFFORT)A1with a lot ofphysicalormentaleffort: 费劲地，努力地，艰难地 Work hard andplayhard, that's mymotto.努力工作痛快玩，这是我的座右铭。 I'm notsurprisedhefailedhisexam- he didn'texactlytryvery hard!他没通过考试我一点都不感到奇怪——他根本就没用功。 - Judy has never been veryclever, but shetrieshard.
- I don't like the man, but I have toadmitthat heworksincrediblyhard.
- Thistypeofglasswon'tshatternomatterhow hard youhitit.
- Ikickedtheballas hard as I could.
- Blow really hard into thetube.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEffort and expending energy - assiduity
- assiduous
- assiduously
- assiduousness
- be running on emptyidiom
- burn
- elbow grease
- fight
- hamster wheel
- hard at itidiom
- heavy lifting
- heroically
- kill
- push
- putsomethingin/putsomethingintosomething
- rearguard action
- set/putyourmind tosomethingidiom
- shot
- slog
- slugger
See more results » hardadverb(WEATHER)B1If itrainsorsnowshard, itrainsorsnowsa lot: （雨或雪下得）猛烈地，大量地 It had beenraininghard most of theafternoon.大半个下午都在下暴雨。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDescribing bad weather - bleak
- bleakly
- bleakness
- depression
- dreich
- fickle
- fickleness
- gray
- grey
- greyness
- inclement
- overcast
- rough
- threatening
- treacherous
- unseasonable
- unseasonably
- unseasonal
- unseasonally
- wuthering
See more results » GrammarHard Hard is both an adjective and an adverb. When it is an adverb, it means ‘needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort’. It goes after the main verb:… Idiomsfeel hard done-by hard at it hardadjective(SOLID)A2noteasytobend,cut, orbreak 坚硬的，坚固的a hardsurface坚硬的表面 There was aheavyfrostlastnightand thegroundis still hard.昨晚霜冻很严重，地面现在仍很坚硬。 Heating theclaymakes it hard.黏土加热会变硬。 - Babies like tochewon hardobjectswhen they'reteething.
- Thegroundwasfrozenhard and wasimpossibletodig.
- Brazilnutshave very hardshells.
- Forrunningon hardroads, you needshoeswithextracushioningtoabsorbtheshock.
- Mahogany is a hardwoodandpineis asoftwood.
hardadjective(DIFFICULT)A1difficulttounderstand, do,experience, ordealwith 困难的，费力的There were some really hardquestionsin theexam.考试中有一些很难做的题目。 It's hardto saywhich of them islying.很难说他们当中哪个在说谎。 It's hard beingasinglemother.做单身母亲很艰难。 Herhandwritingis very hardtoread.她的字迹很难辨认。 He's a hard mantoplease.他是个难以取悦的人。 Thetopicsgetharderlaterin thecourse.在以后的课程中题目会更难。 Ifeelsorryfor thekids, too - they've had a hardtime.我也觉得对不起孩子们——他们那一段过得很苦。 - Ifoundit hard tofollowwhat theteacherwas saying, andeventuallyIlostconcentration.
- Theexamis so hard that only 5% of allapplicantspass.
- It was hard to beangrywith him when helookedsopenitent.
- Theyfindit hard toliveontheirstatepension.
- Ending arelationshipis always hard but in thiscaseit's for thebest.
- Theteacherfoundit hard tokeepherclassinorder.
hardadjective(USING EFFORT)B1needingor using a lot ofphysicalormentaleffort 耗费体力（或脑力）的；辛苦的Go on - give it a good hardpush!继续——用力推一把！ It was hardworkon thefarmbutsatisfying.农场的活儿很辛苦，但让人有满足感。 - After all that hardwork, youdeserveaholiday.
- Give theropea hardpull.
- I gave thedoora hardpush, but it still wouldn'topen.
- After a hardclimb, we wererewardedby apicture-postcardvistaofrollinghillsunder adeepbluesummersky.
- The lastpartof thecourseis much harder.
hardadjective(SEVERE)B2notpleasantorgentle;severe 严厉的，苛刻的You have to bequitehard tosucceedin thepropertybusiness.要想在房地产生意中获得成功，你必须相当强硬才行。 Ooh, you're a hard woman, Elaine!噢，你真是个硬心肠的女人，伊莱恩！ Ourbosshas been giving us all a hardtimeatwork(= makingourtimeatworkdifficult).我们老板一直都让我们工作的时候日子不好过。 be hard onsb B2tocriticizesomeoneseverely, or totreatsomeoneunfairly 对（某人）严厉批评；对（某人）不公平Don't be too hard on him - he's new to thejob.别对他太苛刻——他刚开始做这项工作。 - Theauthoritiesplanto come down hard ontruancyinfuture.
- "Wellokay,perhapsI was a little hard on her, " heconceded.
- Theinstructorsworkedus very hard on thesurvivalcourse.
- Watch out for those two - they're well hard.
- Sportsequipmentisdesignedtowithstandhardusage.
hardadjective(ALCOHOL)[before noun]A harddrinkcontainsa highlevelofalcohol. （酒）烈性的，酒精含量高的hardliquor烈性酒 hardadjective(WATER)Hardwatercontainsa highlevelofmineralsthatpreventsoapfromcleaning. （水）硬的，含矿物质较多的 hardadjective(CLEAR)[before noun]ableto beproved 可证实的，确凿的hardfacts/evidence确凿的事实／证据 hardadjective(WEATHER)used todescribeatimewhen there isbadweather （指某个时间）天气恶劣的We had a very hardwinterlastyear.去年冬天天气非常恶劣。 GrammarHard Hard is both an adjective and an adverb. When it is an adverb, it means ‘needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort’. It goes after the main verb:… Idiomsbe no hard and fast rules hard feelings hard luck! (that's)yourhard luck hard to swallow the hard way take a hard line onsb/sth hardadverb(USING EFFORT)A1with a lot ofphysicalormentaleffort 费劲地，努力地，艰难地Work hard andplayhard, that's mymotto.努力工作痛快玩，这是我的座右铭。 I'm notsurprisedhefailedhisexam- he didn'texactlytryvery hard!他没通过考试我一点都不感到奇怪——他根本就没用功。 - Judy has never been veryclever, but shetrieshard.
- I don't like the man, but I have toadmitthat heworksincrediblyhard.
- Thistypeofglasswon'tshatternomatterhow hard youhitit.
- Ikickedtheballas hard as I could.
- Blow really hard into thetube.
hardadverb(WEATHER)B1If itrainsorsnowshard, itrainsorsnowsa lot. （雨或雪下得）猛烈地，大量地It had beenraininghard most of theafternoon.大半个下午都在下暴雨。 GrammarHard Hard is both an adjective and an adverb. When it is an adverb, it means ‘needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort’. It goes after the main verb:… Idiomsfeel hard done-by hard at it hard| American Dictionaryhardadjective[-er/-est only](SOLID)firmandsolid, or noteasytobend,cut, orbreak: It hadn’trainedin alongtime, and thegroundwas hard. Hechewedon something hard and wasafraidhe’dbrokenatooth. hardadjective[-er/-est only](DIFFICULT)difficulttounderstandor do: hardquestionstoanswer [+ to infinitive]It’s hard to say which of them islying. It’s hard being aworkingmother. [+ to infinitive]Herhandwritingis hard toread. She always does things the hard way(= makes things moredifficultto do). Ifindherbookshard going(=difficultandtiring). hardadjective[-er/-est only](USING EFFORT)needingor using a lot ofphysicalormentaleffort: Qualifying as asurgeonis hardwork. We hadfuncycling, but it was hard to go up thehills. hardadjective[-er/-est only](SEVERE)notpleasantorgentle;severe: She’s had a hardlife. Hisbossis giving him a hardtime(= is beingunpleasantto him). Don’t be too hard on her – she’s justlearningthejob. Someone who is hard on apieceofclothingtendstodamageitquickly: Ifwateris hard, itcontainsminerals(=chemicalsubstances)thatpreventsoapfromproducingbubblesandcleaningeasily. hardadjective[-er/-est only](DRUG)(of adrug)dangerousandaddictive(= giving you thehabitof taking it), or (of adrink)containingalargeamountofalcohol hardadjective[-er/-est only](BASED ON FACTS)Idiomshard feelings hard to swallow hardadverb[-er/-est only](WITH EFFORT)with a lot ofphysicalormentaleffort: You have topushthedoorhard toopenit. If something ishard-earnedorhard-won, it wasachievedonly after a lot ofeffort: hard-earnedmoney/knowledge/fame hard-wonfreedoms/battles hardadverb[-er/-est only](SEVERELY)They took thedefeathard. It’sraininghard. Shesteppedon mytoereally hard. [before noun]used todescribeinformationthat can beproved: hard facts/figures/numbersThere are no hardnumberson viewershiplevels. Thereportdocumentedhardevidenceofproblemsat therefinery,includinglongoverdueorbypassedinspections. [usually before noun]FINANCE,INSURANCEused todescribeamarketin whichpricesare high: Thebesttimetomarketfor newbusinessthat willcarryyou through asoftmarketis when themarketis hard. Manyexpertsexpectthe hardmarketto last for at least 18months,allowingthecompanytoboostmarginsby more than 10percent. hard to swallow difficulttobelieveoraccept: WithEuropeangovernmentshaving so muchinvestedin thecompany,outsourcinganddownsizinghave been hard toswallow. Examplesofhardhard While purely indefinite examples arehardto come by, verbal gerunds do participate in the ambiguity patterns also found for bare nominal gerunds.From theCambridge English Corpus However, it ishardto push the analysis of the random process to the very end using differential equations.From theCambridge English Corpus Enthusiasm, however, can be 'overdone', as one respondent told me who, with his friends, used to laugh at the teacher who was 'trying toohard'!From theCambridge English Corpus He was as gifted in telling people what they wanted to hear as mosthard-up humanists of his day.From theCambridge English Corpus That experience taught me that life's zero-sum nature imposes thehardresponsibility of using limited time and energy wisely.From theCambridge English Corpus The impact of all this propaganda on her students ishardto gauge.From theCambridge English Corpus His work is a chore to be suffered and ishardto come to terms with.From theCambridge English Corpus Individual video images were subsequently transferred on to theharddisk of the host computer.From theCambridge English Corpus Stereotypes lacking even a kernel of truth arehardto sustain and unlikely to spread.From theCambridge English Corpus The twentieth century washardon faith in classical objectivity, and in several domains at once.From theCambridge English Corpus One thing is that it is harder to compartmentalize and be useful.From theCambridge English Corpus It ishardto imagine that visual selection for disease resistance and agronomic type would not take place.From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, some examples are unglossed or otherwisehardto interpret, and the argumentation is sometimes less than totally clear.From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, remarriage risk might be negatively correlated withhardtimes, marked by a rise in grain prices.From theCambridge English Corpus Our goals were to determine if producers could identify and then rank growth traits that determined yield potential ofhardred spring wheat.From theCambridge English Corpus 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. |