| 单词 | hard |
| 例句 | hard adjective 1.•hard ground:firm, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, close-packed, compressed | steely, tough, strong, stony, rocklike, flinty, as hard as stone | frozen | literary adamantine. ANT soft. 2.•hard physical work:arduous, strenuous, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, wearying, back-breaking, grueling, heavy, laborious | difficult, taxing, exacting, testing, challenging, demanding, punishing, tough, formidable, onerous, rigorous, uphill, Herculean | informal murderous, killing, hellish | formal exigent | archaic toilsome. ANT easy. 3.•hard workers:diligent, hard-working, industrious, sedulous, assiduous, conscientious, energetic, keen, enthusiastic, zealous, earnest, persevering, persistent, unflagging, untiring, indefatigable | studious. ANT lazy. 4.•a hard problem:difficult, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, knotty, thorny, problematic, complicated, complex, intricate, involved | insoluble, unfathomable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unanswerable. ANT simple. 5.•times are hard:harsh, grim, difficult, bad, bleak, dire, tough, austere, unpleasant, uncomfortable, straitened, spartan | dark, distressing, painful, awful. ANT comfortable. 6.•a hard taskmaster:strict, harsh, firm, severe, stern, tough, rigorous, demanding, exacting | callous, unkind, unsympathetic, cold, heartless, hard-hearted, unfeeling | intransigent, unbending, uncompromising, inflexible, implacable, stubborn, obdurate, unyielding, unrelenting, unsparing, grim, ruthless, merciless, pitiless, cruel | standing no nonsense, ruling with a rod of iron. ANT kind, easygoing. 7.•a hard winter:bitterly cold, cold, bitter, harsh, severe, bleak, freezing, icy, icy-cold, arctic. ANT mild. 8.•a hard blow:forceful, heavy, strong, sharp, smart, violent, powerful, vigorous, mighty, hefty, tremendous. ANT light, gentle. 9.•hard facts:reliable, definite, true, confirmed, substantiated, undeniable, indisputable, unquestionable, verifiable. ANT unverified, questionable. 10.•hard cider:alcoholic, strong, intoxicating, potent | formal spirituous. ANT nonalcoholic. 11.•hard drugs:addictive, habit-forming | strong, harmful.▶adverb 1.•George pushed the door hard:forcefully, forcibly, roughly, powerfully, strongly, heavily, sharply, vigorously, energetically, with all one's might, with might and main. ANT gently. 2.•they worked hard:diligently, industriously, assiduously, conscientiously, sedulously, busily, enthusiastically, energetically, doggedly, steadily | informal like mad, like crazy. 3.•this prosperity has been hard won:with difficulty, with effort, after a struggle, painfully, laboriously. ANT easily. 4.•her death hit him hard:severely, badly, acutely, deeply, keenly, seriously, profoundly, gravely | formal grievously. ANT slightly. 5.•it was raining hard:heavily, strongly, in torrents, in sheets | steadily | informal cats and dogs, buckets. ANT lightly. 6.•my mother looked hard at me:closely, attentively, intently, critically, carefully, keenly, searchingly, earnestly, sharply. ANT casually. PHRASES hard and fast •get used to it—the curfew here is hard and fast:definite, fixed, set, strict, rigid, binding, clear-cut, cast-iron, ironclad | inflexible, immutable, unchangeable, incontestable. hard by close to, right by, beside, near (to), nearby, not far from, a stone's throw from, on the doorstep of | informal within spitting distance of, [a hop, skip, and jump away from]. hard feelings •I had no idea that our separation had left him with such hard feelings:resentment, animosity, ill feeling, ill will, bitterness, bad blood, resentfulness, rancor, malice, acrimony, antagonism, antipathy, animus, friction, anger, hostility, hate, hatred. hard up informal •this administration ignores the families that are hard up:poor, short of money, badly off, impoverished, impecunious, in reduced circumstances, unable to make ends meet | penniless, destitute, poverty-stricken | informal broke, strapped for cash, strapped. |
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