harder
美 [hɑrd]
英 [hɑ?(r)d] 
- adv.努力地;艱難地;費力地;猛烈地
- adj.堅固的;堅硬的;結(jié)實的;難做的
- n.〈英〉硬海灘;〈英俚〉(囚犯的)強迫苦役
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)更猛;更努力;更難
詞形變化
比較級:harder 最高級:hardest 反義詞
英漢雙解
堅固;堅硬solid/stiff
1. | 堅固的;堅硬的;結(jié)實的solid, firm or stiff and difficult to bend or break |
| Wait for the concrete to go hard. 等待混凝土凝結(jié)。 |
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| Diamonds are the hardest known mineral. 鉆石是已知的最堅硬的礦石。 |
不易difficult
2. | 難做的;難懂的;難以回答的difficult to do, understand or answer |
| a hard choice/question 為難的選擇;難以回答的問題 |
| It is hard to believe that she's only nine. 很難相信她只有九歲。 |
| It's hard to see how they can lose. 很難理解他們怎么會輸。 |
| ‘When will the job be finished?’ ‘It's hard to say .’(= it is difficult to be certain) “這項工作什么時候能完成?”“難說?!?/div> |
| I find his attitude very hard to take(= difficult to accept) . 他的態(tài)度讓我難以接受。 |
| We're finding reliable staff hard to come by(= difficult to get) . 我們覺得難以找到可靠的職員。 |
| It's hard for old people to change their ways. 老年人難以改變他們的習(xí)慣。 |
| It must be hard for her, bringing up four children on her own. 她一個人撫養(yǎng)四個孩子一定很艱難。 |
3. | 困苦的;艱苦的;艱難的full of difficulty and problems, especially because of a lack of money |
| Times were hard at the end of the war. 戰(zhàn)爭后期生活很艱苦。 |
| She's had a hard life. 她一生艱苦。 |
費力;用力needing/using effort
4. | 耗費體力(或腦力)的;辛苦的needing or using a lot of physical strength or mental effort |
| It's hard work shovelling snow. 鏟雪是個苦活兒。 |
| I've had a long hard day. 我度過了漫長辛苦的一天。 |
5. | 努力的;勤勞的putting a lot of effort or energy into an activity |
| She's a very hard worker. 她工作很賣力。 |
| He's hard at work on a new novel. 他正努力忙著寫一本新小說。 |
| When I left they were all still hard at it(= working hard) . 我離開的時候他們都還在努力工作。 |
6. | 用力的;猛烈的done with a lot of strength or force |
| He gave the door a good hard kick. 他狠狠踢了一下門。 |
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缺乏同情心without sympathy
7. | 冷酷無情的;硬心腸的;苛刻的showing no sympathy or affection |
| My father was a hard man. 我父親是個不講情面的人。 |
| She gave me a hard stare. 她狠狠地看了我一眼。 |
| He said some very hard things to me. 他對我說了些很不近人情的話。 |
不畏懼not afraid
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準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)斗的;不軟弱退縮的ready to fight and showing no signs of fear or weakness |
| Come and get me if you think you're hard enough. 你要是覺得自己有種,就沖著我來吧。 |
| You think you're really hard, don't you? 你是不是以為自己真的很勇猛? |
事實;證據(jù)facts/evidence
9. | [obn] 確鑿的;可證實的;可靠的definitely true and based on information that can be proved |
| Is there any hard evidence either way? 不管正反,有什么確鑿證據(jù)嗎? |
| The newspaper story is based on hard facts . 報紙的這篇報道有可靠的事實根據(jù)。 |
天氣weather
10. | 寒冷的;凜冽的very cold and severe |
| It had been a hard winter . 那年的冬天特別冷。 |
| There was a hard frost that night. 那天晚上寒冷多霜。 |
飲料drink
11. | [obn] 酒精濃度高的;烈性的strongly alcoholic |
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| a drop of the hard stuff(= a strong alcoholic drink) 少許烈酒 |
水water
12. | 硬的(含鈣及鎂等可溶性鹽較多)containing calcium and other mineral salts that make mixing with soap difficult |
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| Our water is very hard. 我們的水很硬。 |
輔音consonants
13. | 硬音的(如字母 c 或 g 在 cat 或 go 等詞中的發(fā)音)used to describe a letter <ei>c</ei> or <ei>g</ei> when pronounced as in ‘cat’ or ‘go’, rather than as in ‘city’ or ‘giant’ |
努力with effort
1. | 努力地;費力地;艱難地with great effort; with difficulty |
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| You must try harder . 你得更加努力。 |
| She tried her hardest not to show how disappointed she was. 她竭力不流露出自己有多失望。 |
| Don't hit it so hard! 別這么用力打! |
| He was still breathing hard after his run. 他跑完步,現(xiàn)在還氣喘吁吁的。 |
| Our victory was hard won(= won with great difficulty) . 我們的勝利來之不易。 |
猛力with force
| Small businesses have been hit hard / hard hit by the recession. 小企業(yè)受到了經(jīng)濟衰退的沉重打擊。 |
仔細(xì)carefully
3. | 徹底認(rèn)真地very carefully and thoroughly |
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| We thought long and hard before deciding to move house. 我們經(jīng)過長久慎重的考慮之后才決定搬家。 |
大量a lot
4. | 沉重地;大量地;長時間地heavily; a lot or for a long time |
| It was raining hard when we set off. 我們出發(fā)時正下著大雨。 |
左;右left/right
5. | 向左(或右)急轉(zhuǎn)彎at a sharp angle to the left/right |
| Turn hard right at the next junction. 在下個路口處向右急轉(zhuǎn)彎。 |
習(xí)慣用語
be hard on sb/sth
嚴(yán)厲對待,嚴(yán)格批評(某人或某事)to treat or criticize sb in a very severe or strict way
| Don't be too hard on him─he's very young. 別對他太苛刻了,他還很小呢。 |
使…為難;對…不公平to be difficult for or unfair to sb/sth
| It's hard on people who don't have a car. 對于沒有車的人來說,這不公平。 |
可能損傷,可能損壞(某物)to be likely to hurt or damage sth
| Looking at a computer screen all day can be very hard on the eyes. 成天盯著計算機屏幕可能會對眼睛造成嚴(yán)重?fù)p害。 |
drive/strike a hard bargain
狠狠地殺價to argue in an aggressive way and force sb to agree on the best possible price or arrangement
give sb a hard time
給某人找茬兒;使某人不好過to deliberately make a situation difficult and unpleasant for sb
| They really gave me a hard time at the interview. 面試時他們確實是在難為我。 |
hard and fast
板上釘釘;不容更改that cannot be changed in any circumstances
| There are no hard and fast rules about this. 這事沒有什么硬性的規(guī)定。 |
(as) hard as nails
冷酷無情;鐵石心腸;毫無懼色showing no sympathy, kindness or fear
hard cheese
(常作反話)太不幸了,真夠倒霉used as a way of saying that you are sorry about sth, usually ironically(= you really mean the opposite)
hard going
難懂;費力difficult to understand or needing a lot of effort
| I'm finding his latest novel very hard going. 我覺得他最近的這部小說很晦澀。 |
hard luck/lines
(表示惋惜)真遺憾,太不幸了used to tell sb that you feel sorry for them
| ‘Failed again, I'm afraid.’ ‘Oh, hard luck.’ “恐怕我又失敗了。”“哦,太不幸了?!?/div> |
the hard way
通過痛苦的經(jīng)歷;通過出錯by having an unpleasant experience or by making mistakes
| She won't listen to my advice so she'll just have to learn the hard way . 她不肯聽我的忠告,所以只好吃了苦頭才知道厲害。 |
make hard work of sth
在某事上耗費過多時間(或精力);費冤枉力to use more time or energy on a task than is necessary
no hard feelings
(向爭論或打敗的對方表示繼續(xù)友好)別往心里去,別記恨used to tell sb you have been arguing with or have beaten in a contest that you would still like to be friendly with them
| It looks like I'm the winner again. No hard feelings, Dave, eh? 看來我又贏了。你不會不高興吧,戴夫? |
play hard to get
故作姿態(tài);故意擺譜;佯裝拿架子to make yourself seem more attractive or interesting by not immediately accepting an invitation to do sth
too much like hard work
太費力needing too much effort
| I can't be bothered making a hot meal─it's too much like hard work. 我懶得做熱飯熱菜,太麻煩了。 |
be/feel hard done by
受到不公平待遇;感到委屈to be or feel unfairly treated
| She has every right to feel hard done by─her parents have given her nothing. 她完全有理由覺得委屈,她父母什么都沒給她。 |
be hard pressed/pushed to do sth|be hard put (to it) to do sth
很難做某事to find it very difficult to do sth
| He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance. 他很難對她的消失作出解釋。 |
be hard up for sth
某物匱乏to have too few or too little of sth
| We're hard up for ideas. 我們再想不出主意了。 |
hard on sth
| His death followed hard on hers. 她死后不久,他也死了。 |
take sth hard
為某事很苦惱(或難受)to be very upset by sth
| He took his wife's death very hard. 他對妻子的死感到很難過。 |
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. (問題,工作等)困難的,費力的;(人)難對付的 2. (人等)冷酷的,(天氣)嚴(yán)酷的;(雇主等)刻薄的 18. 【軍】(飛彈)可從地下發(fā)射并發(fā)射的;設(shè)于地下可防核攻擊的 |
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英英解釋
例句
In Fergie's case it's harder to see who she was trying to please and why.
而在薩拉?福格森的例子中,更難看出她想取悅的對象和緣由。
How much harder will it be to eliminate the prejudice against women? I am sure it will be a longer struggle.
消除對婦女的歧視的困難有多大?我確信這將會是一場更持久的斗爭。
Every one of us will have to work at it by studying harder, training more rigorously, working smarter, and thinking anew.
我們每個人都將為此付出努力,更勤奮地學(xué)習(xí)、更嚴(yán)格地訓(xùn)練、更精明地工作以及用更新的方式去思考。
"It's both harder and easier than you think, " he said.
“那比你想象的要難,也比你想象的要簡單?!?c>他說。
But good economics is often harder to do than bad economics.
但好經(jīng)濟學(xué)用起來往往比壞經(jīng)濟學(xué)更難。
This examination is considered to be harder than any other examinations, as the passing rate is only 6% nationwide.
這個考試在全國的通過率是6%,相比之下要難些,
I thought of shooting an email back to him and trying my best not to be sound like a jerk but it is harder than it seems.
我想發(fā)一封郵件給他,盡量讓自己看起來不會很奇怪,但這并不如看起來那么簡單。
However, if you want a SIM card, and thus a new number, for your mobile phone it is no harder than handing over a few dollars.
然而,如果你想要為你的移動電話申請一張用戶身份識別(SIM,subscriberidentitymodule)卡,也即是新的號碼,除了要交付一些美元外并不困難。
'The bigger issue, which is harder to pinpoint, is how much sales will go down, ' said Mr. Sanger.
桑格說,更難確定的更大問題是,銷售下滑幅度會有多大。
When first training a horse to pick up his feet, you might have to pinch harder.
如果是第一次訓(xùn)練馬提起蹄子的話,你可能要更加用力的去捏。
Ailin's father accepts Ailin's desire to keep her feet unbound, despite the fact it will make it harder for her to marry.
愛林的父親接受愛林的愿望,把自己的腳未綁定,盡管事實上它將使更難她求婚。
Exercising on gym or health club equipment, rather than walking or running on your own, tends to give you a harder workout.
不要只靠自己散步或跑步,到健身房運動或使用健身俱樂部的器材會使你運動得更激烈。
'They're using hatred of the outside world to inspire people to work harder, ' he said. 'The extent of it is quite striking. '
他說,他們正利用對外界的仇恨激勵民眾更努力工作,其程度相當(dāng)令人震驚。
As the central bank has tightened monetary policy, this has made it harder for the bank to win the business of ordinary savers.
隨著中國央行收緊貨幣政策,該行贏得普通儲戶的難度增大了。
And a bust-up in Copenhagen would make it harder to get legislation passed next year.
而哥本哈根會議的分歧又會使來年通過立法更為困難。
To make him happy and encourage him to work harder, I gave him a walkman as a gift.
為了使他開心,也為了鼓勵他更加努力,我送他一份禮物——隨身聽。
Despite the numbers, Knowlton said adoption is harder than it was just a few years ago.
雖然孤兒人數(shù)不詳,但是諾爾頓說,和幾年前相比,現(xiàn)在領(lǐng)養(yǎng)變得難了。
I closed my eyes, pressed my ear even harder against the door, wanting to hear, not wanting to hear.
我合上雙眼,耳朵更加緊貼著門板,又想聽,又不想聽。
I sat down in the dark hall with 600 other nervous kids and the lecturer booms out over the mic, "How do you get workers to work harder? "
我和其他600個緊張的孩子坐在暗暗的大廳,演講者透過麥克風(fēng)發(fā)出低沉的聲音:“如何使員工們工作更努力?”
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
弟兄結(jié)怨,勸他和好,比取堅固城還難,這樣的爭競,如同堅寨的門閂。
He thought of his dead brothers and blamed them that they had not worked harder and achieved more land.
他想到他死去的哥哥們,并且責(zé)怪他們不曾工作得更勤奮,獲得更多的土地。
It is harder still to accept the idea that a particle can sometimes behave as if it were a wave.
要接受一個粒子有時能表現(xiàn)得象是波的觀點就更困難了。
Well, well, better thoughts are hard to be borne at all times, but there's time when they're harder than at others.
好啦,好啦,悔恨在任何時候都是痛苦的,只是有時候它使人格外痛苦。
It does so because increased imports would make it harder to run a system of price support for domestic farmers.
之所以這樣做,是因為增加進口量以后將更難維持對國內(nèi)農(nóng)民的價格支持制度。
A harder professional tone came into his voice.
他的嗓音里有了一種比較嚴(yán)肅的官腔。
He worked the harder, because he had been encouraged.
他因為受了鼓勵,工作越發(fā)努力了。
We'll have to work all the harder with two people off sick.
有兩個人病了沒上班,所以我們得加把勁干。
They say that the bigger you are, the harder you fall.
人們說,你爬得越高,摔得越重。
This time was harder for Pavel Petrovitch than for another man.
這個時期對巴威爾·彼得洛維奇比對于任何另一個人更難過。
It is interesting to note that such high pressures yielded a material harder than diamond and more heat-resistant.
饒有趣味的是這種高壓制成的物品比金剛石還堅硬,而且抗熱性更強。
The foreman chewed him out thoroughly, saying, "If you don't work harder you can just walk out that door and never come back. "
工頭狠狠地訓(xùn)斥了他一頓,說:“如果你不加點勁干活,那你就從那扇門滾出去,永遠(yuǎn)也別再回來了”。
You should try harder, but not live on your name.
你應(yīng)該更努力,而不能靠名聲過日子。
Because they aren't rational, it makes them harder to catch.
因為他們是沒有理智的,所以要抓住他們就困難一些。
I began to work harder for Xerox. The plan was working, and my Porsche was the proof.
我仍在繼續(xù)努力為施樂工作,但同時,我的計劃也在按步就班地進行著,保時捷就是證明。
Greatly inspired, he made up his mind to read as much as he could, and what's more, he would study harder than ever before.
他深受鼓舞,決心盡可能多讀書,而且,比以往任何時候都努力學(xué)習(xí)。
I included two outdoor lamps as well since those seem to be even harder to find.
我自己也收藏了兩款戶外燈,因為它們似乎挺難找到的。
Having two buttons at the bottom of a form clutters up the interface and makes it harder for users to clearly see their next step.
在表單底部提供兩個按鈕將混淆交互界面并讓用戶難以搞清下一步要做什么。
What's more, a simple test could tell you if it's time to give up the hunt, or if your partner just needs to try harder.
此外,通過一個簡單的測試,你就知道是該放棄繼續(xù)尋找呢,還是需要讓你的性伴侶再加把勁。
As for what the men felt, that is far harder to say, since feelings can only be expressed during the moment of their brief existence.
至于的男人感到,難以說,因為感情只能被表達在他們短暫的時刻存在。
In part because changing the basics of how industrial economies are run is difficult, trying to do it at a rush harder still.
部分源于根本上改變經(jīng)濟的運行方式非常困難,匆忙的嘗試更難。
I find myself working even harder to make up for it so much so that the sales was much better than the average. You know something?
因為他們都沒有來,為了彌補,我覺得我自己工作得更努力了,結(jié)果當(dāng)天的銷售額比平時的平均水平高出了很多。
In any situation, some emotions are harder to access no matter how much you change your story or behavior.
無論在何種情況下,有些情緒是非常難接近的無論你如果改變你的故事或者行為。
Somewhat comically (in retrospect) I told myself to swim harder-as if I'd been taking it easy up until that point.
現(xiàn)在回想起來有些滑稽的是我告訴自己再用力游些-就好象直到重點我還沒怎么費勁似的。
Virginia, he said, was like a rubber ball; the harder life put her down, the higher she bounced.
他說:“弗吉尼亞就像一只橡皮球;生活越艱難,她受到的壓力越大,她反彈得越高。”
I was glad not to be lodge-bound, but it was harder than I expected: I couldn't catch my breath and my knees felt like glass.
不被困在家里真是令人興奮,但滑雪卻比我想像中的困難:我呼吸困難,而且我的膝蓋就像玻璃一樣。
The wind began to blow harder. A storm was coming. The waves grew bigger and bigger.
風(fēng)開始變大了,一陣狂風(fēng)暴雨正要席卷而來,海浪越來越大。
Thang points out that poor English skills make it harder for Southeast Asian immigrants to leave town and transition into other jobs.
唐卡指出,貧困英語能力,使得它更難東南亞移民到其他工作離開鎮(zhèn)和過渡。
he's trying to tell you between the lines that he cares about you and wants you to work harder so that you can have a better future.
他其實是在告訴你他很關(guān)心你,想讓你好好努力,有一個更好的未來
How much harder is that than around the center?
這比圍繞中心旋轉(zhuǎn)困難多少呢?
Putting it back was no doubt harder than all other steps together.
投入它比其他步一起艱苦是無疑義。
I know I have to work just as hard, if not harder than they do if I want to play and that's what I'm trying to do.
我知道我必須向他倆一樣努力工作,如果不是超過他倆的話。你知道,如果想踢球就必須如此。
Sometimes, though, you might find that you have to work a bit harder to build up and maintain a good relationship with your grandparents.
雖然有時候,你可能會覺得你必須太過辛苦的付出以建立或維持與你祖父母之間的良好關(guān)系。
As is the case with application stutters, we need to observe garbage collection behavior to see if it is working harder than it needs to.
對于應(yīng)用程序不連貫的情況,我們需要觀察垃圾收集行為以了解看它做的是否比所需要的更多。