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艰难
Tough
Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.
生活是困难的。它不是太短，而是太长。但你必须学会如何生活;你必须有幽默感。
Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.
保送率可能是投手最需要提高的地方，但是这么高的保送率是很难克服的。
We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
我们正处于财政崩溃的边缘，除非我们平衡预算，这意味着一些非常非常艰难的决定。
Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
任何时候，当你结束一段关系，而每个人的生活中都结束了很多，这总是一件艰难的事情，很难克服。
Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.
鲨鱼和一月在芝加哥比赛时脱掉球衣的球迷一样强悍，只是更聪明。
It's tough right now. I didn't expect we would be struggling the way we are struggling. They made it hard for us in a lot of ways.
现在很艰难。我没想到我们会像现在这样挣扎。他们在很多方面给我们制造了困难。
I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
我认为“强硬”意味着你看起来很放松。所以你必须努力去赢得比赛。但是你不想对自己太苛刻。
If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.
如果我们真的严厉打击犯罪，我们会努力把我们的孩子从绝望和贫困中拯救出来，正是这些绝望和贫困让他们为犯罪生活做好了准备。
I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
我知道这个国家的每个人都不同意我的决定。我做了一些艰难的决定。但人们知道我的立场。
It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.
这是一项艰难的事业，但如果你能像我一样把自己置于这样的境地，你可以维持多年的职业生涯。对我来说，那是一个成功的演员。
We have no choice but to bounce back. This was a tough loss, but we can't dwell on it. We have to come back and be a little better tomorrow -- period.
我们别无选择，只能重新振作起来。这是一个惨痛的损失，但我们不能沉湎于此。我们必须回来，明天会更好一点——就是这样。
I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at all, so he kept them at bay.
我是说他是一个非常有名的导演……他们不会把他们的…他很强硬，他根本不喜欢干涉，所以他控制住了他们。
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I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
我一生都在面对激烈的竞争。没有它，我不知道该怎么过。
It's tough never being right.
永远不做对的人很难。
Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
政治不是豆袋。这是很严肃，很艰难的事情。
Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels.
那些日子非常艰难。我所有的队友都是白人，那是一个不同的时代。我不能和白人球员一起出去吃饭;我只好等着，直到有人把什么东西搬到车上。我们不能住在同一家旅馆里。
Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up.
有时候，当事情变得艰难时，人们会放弃。
I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.
我不强硬。我是顽强的。