【句子】I know it's been hard on you. 【ModernFamilyS3E15】
【发音】/aɪ/ /nəʊ/ /ɪts/ /biːn/ /hɑː(r)d/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /juː/
【发音技巧】hard on连读;
【翻译】我知道你心里肯定不好受。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习这个表达,be hard on sb.,其实这个短语我们已经不是第一次见了。
之前我们见到的时候,学到了这个短语可以用来表达“为难某个人、让某个人不好过/对某个人或某件事不公平”;
to be difficult for or unfair to sb./sth.
比如说看这几个例子:
eg: Don't be too hard on her. She was only trying to help.
别太难为她了,她只是想要帮忙而已。
eg: Don't be so hard on him. He's new to the job.
别太为难他。他也是刚接手这份工作。
eg: It's hard on people who don't have a car.
这对于那些没车一族来说,很不公平/很不好。
今天我们要学习这个短语的另外一层意思:
If you say that something is hard on a person or thing, you mean it affects them in a way that is likely to cause them damage or suffering.
“让某个人觉得不好受、难过”或者“让某物受伤”;
eg: Aerobics is hard on the knees.
有氧运动伤膝盖。
eg: It's very hard on parents when their children are rebellious.
当孩子们很叛逆的时候,家长也很难办。
对于父母亲来说,孩子的叛逆是个很棘手的问题。
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Sales taxes are hard on the poor.