词汇精选：hardship的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

困苦，苦难，艰难险阻

例句：

Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.

受穷受苦使他未老先衰。

例句：

He shows himself to be confident, addicted to hardship.

他显示他自己是个充满自信，不怕吃苦的人。

例句：

Many people are suffering economic [hardship].

很多人正遭受着经济困难。

二、词义辨析：

difficulty,hardship

这两个名词都表示“困难”之意。difficulty指需大量思考和技巧或努力才能克服的任何困难。hardship侧重指生活上令人难以承受的艰难困苦，如疾病、贫穷等磨难。

三、参考例句：

Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.

住房福利可以减轻人们生活的困苦。

His cold character was molded by hardship.

艰难困苦锻炼了他那冷酷性格。

A stoic responds to hardship with imperturbation.

坚忍克己之人经受苦难仍能泰然自若。

Many people are suffering economic hardship.

很多人正遭受着经济困难。

We are ready to face any hardship.

我们准备好了面对任何艰难。

This would cause great hardship and suffering.

这将造成极大的艰难困苦。

Many students are suffering severe financial hardship.

A stoic person responds to hardship with imperturbation.

坚忍克己之人经受苦难仍能泰然自若。

He is undergoing great hardship of his failure.

他正经历失败的极度痛苦。

After years of worry and hardship, her health broke.

经过多年的忧虑和困苦，她的健康变得衰弱了。