hard

He shuffled his feet on the hard wooden floor.

他拖着脚走在坚硬的木地板上。

The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is.

他们说，这种危险可能会持续下去，直到海浪到达内陆坚硬的岩石区域，这些地方的岩石不会像石灰岩那样被侵蚀。

They were made from hard plastics and that's why they were very breakable.

它们是由硬塑料制成的，而这就是它们极其易碎的原因。

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。

It's hard to tell exactly how many people agree with him, but research indicates that the numbers have been rising for some time.

很难确切说出有多少人同意他的观点，但研究表明，这个数字已经上升了一段时间。

This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors.

这是很难实现的，因为现在许多大公司的情况是，大部分员工都是临时合同工。

It had been a hard life for her.

对她而言，那曾是一段艰难的日子。

Not surprising in these hard times, the student's major objective "is to be financially well off".

在经济困难时期，学生的主要目标是“经济上富裕”，这并不奇怪。

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。

It's hard work shovelling snow.

铲雪是个苦活儿。

In addition, they held hard work in high regard.

此外，他们非常重视努力工作。