核心词议：
n. 困难
hardship 基本解释
n. 艰难；困苦；艰难情况；造成困苦与苦难的原因
速记方法
速记技巧 归类总结法 friendship/membership/ownership/leadership
知识扩展
词语辨析
hardship,difficulty
这组词都有“困难”的意思，其区别是
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。
difficulty指需大量思考和技巧或努力才能克服的任何困难。
重要短语
economic hardship经济困难
中文词源
hardship 艰难，困苦
hard,艰难的，-ship,抽象名词后缀。
中文词源： hardship 艰难，困苦 hard,艰难的，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 hardship
精选例句
1、 Owain James argued that the increase is evidence of student hardship.
欧文·詹姆斯认为分数的增加是学生生活困难的证明。
2、 Owain James, the president of the National Union of Students NUS, argued that the increase is evidence of student hardship – young people are being forced into earning money before finishing their education.
来自全国学生联合会的欧文·詹姆斯认为，学费上涨是学生生活困难的证据——年轻人被迫在完成学业之前就开始赚钱。
1、 O) In reality, most people will experience some form of financial hardship at some point in their lives.
实际上，大多数人在人生的某个阶段都会经历某种形式的经济困难。
1、 Water scarcity is the curse of some of the poorest regions on Earth,leaving developing countries increasingly unable to feed themselves,and causing hardship for millions of people.
水资源短缺是地球上一些最贫穷地区的祸根，它使发展中国家越来越无法养活自己，并给数百万人带来困难。
常见考点例句：
- The economic hardship will help provide recruits for terrorist outfits .
- 经济上的艰难将有助于恐怖组织招募新成员。
- A more orthodox upbringing may have spared great hardship .
- 更为传统的成长经历，可能使人避免遭遇很大的苦难。
- The potential for political turmoil and human hardship is staggering .
- 可以想象政治混乱和人类的困苦正步履阑珊。
- Everyone in the cellar has a similar story of hardship or death .
- 艰辛或死亡，类似的经历地窖里的每个人都有。
- I was spared the hardship and grief most suffer in prison .
- 我被免予大多数犯人在狱中遭受到的那种磨难和忧伤。
