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hard·ship

(härd′shĭp′)

1. The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.

2. A thing or circumstance that causes ongoing or persistent suffering or difficulty: "Hives are a great hardship, but they will not injure your vital organs" (Andrew Weil). See Synonyms at difficulty.

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hardship

(ˈhɑːdʃɪp)

1. conditions of life difficult to endure

2. something that causes suffering or privation

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hard•ship

(ˈhɑrd ʃɪp)

n.

1. a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression.

2. an instance or cause of this; something hard to bear.

[1175–1225]

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Noun	1.	hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" adversity, hard knocks ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes disaster, catastrophe - a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" extremity - an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity victimization - adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him" low-water mark, nadir - an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
	2.	hardship - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" asperity, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, rigour, grimness difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"
	3.	hardship - something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life" misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

hardship

noun suffering, want, need, trouble, trial, difficulty, burden, misery, torment, oppression, persecution, grievance, misfortune, austerity, adversity, calamity, affliction, tribulation, privation, destitution Many people are suffering economic hardship.
help, aid, relief, ease, comfort, blessing, happiness, prosperity, boon, good fortune

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

hardship

noun

Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome:

asperity, difficulty, rigor, vicissitude (often used in plural).

Idioms: a hard nut to crack, a hard row to hoe, heavy sledding.

Translations

صُعوبَة، ألَم، مُعاناه

utrpení

modgang

Elend Mühsal Not

privación sufrimiento infortunio

épreuve

erfiîleikar, hrakningar

stento patimento privazione

lidelser strabaser

zorluk

苦难

hardship

[ˈhɑːdʃɪp]

A. N (= deprivation) → privación f; (financial) → apuro m; (= condition of life) → miseria f
to suffer hardship(s) → pasar apuros
it's no hardship to him (to give up the car) → no le cuesta nada (dejar de usar el coche)

B. CPD hardship clause N (Jur) → cláusula f de salvaguarda

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hardship

[ˈhɑː^rdʃɪp] n → épreuves fpl, privations fpl
the hardship experienced by many who are out of work → les épreuves qu'endurent beaucoup de gens sans emploi, les privations qu'endurent beaucoup de gens sans emploi
economic hardship (for country) → difficultés mpl économiques; (for person) → problèmes mpl d'argent
to suffer hardship → traverser des épreuves
Many people are suffering economic hardship → Beaucoup de gens ont des difficultés financières.
it's no hardship to do sth → ce n'est pas la mer à boire de faire qchhard shoulder n (British) → bande f d'arrêt d'urgencehard up hard-up adj (= not well-off) → sans le sou, fauché(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hardship

n (= condition) → Not f, → Elend nt; (= instance) → Härte f; (= deprivation) → Entbehrung f; economic/financial hardship → wirtschaftliche/finanzielle Not; to suffer great hardships → große Not leiden; the hardships of war → das Elend/die Entbehrungen des Kriegs; is that such a great hardship? → ist das wirklich ein solches Unglück?; it was no hardship at all → es hat überhaupt keine Mühe gemacht; if it’s not too much (of a) hardship for you … (also iro) → wenn es dir nichts ausmacht or nicht zu viel Mühe macht …; the hardship(s) of life in the country → die Entbehrungen pl → des Landlebens

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hardship

[ˈhɑːdʃɪp] n → privazioni fpl, avversità f inv; (suffering) → sofferenze fpl
a life of hardship → una vita di sacrifici e privazioni

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hard

(haːd) adjective

1. firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc. The ground is too hard to dig.

2. not easy to do, learn, solve etc. Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.

3. not feeling or showing kindness. a hard master.

4. (of weather) severe. a hard winter.

5. having or causing suffering. a hard life; hard times.

6. (of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added. The water is hard in this part of the country.

adverb

1. with great effort. He works very hard; Think hard.

2. with great force; heavily. Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.

3. with great attention. He stared hard at the man.

4. to the full extent; completely. The car turned hard right.

ˈharden verb

to make or become hard. Don't touch the toffee till it hardens; Try not to harden your heart against him.

ˈhardness noun

ˈhardship noun

(something which causes) pain, suffering etc. a life full of hardship.

ˈhard-and-fast adjective

(of rules) that can never be changed or ignored.

ˈhard-back noun

a book with a hard cover. Hard-backs are more expensive than paperbacks.

ˌhard-ˈboiled adjective

(of eggs) boiled until the white and the yolk are solid.

hardˈdisk noun

a device that is fixed inside a computer and is used for storing information.

ˈhard-earned adjective

earned by hard work or with difficulty. I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.

ˌhard-ˈheaded adjective

practical; shrewd; not influenced by emotion. a hard-headed businessman.

ˌhard-ˈhearted adjective

not feeling or showing pity or kindness. a hard-hearted employer.

ˈhardware noun

1. metal goods such as pots, tools etc. This shop sells hardware.

2. the mechanical parts of a computer.

ˌhard-ˈwearing adjective

that will not wear out easily. a hard-wearing fabric.

be hard on

1. to punish or criticize severely. Don't be too hard on the boy – he's too young to know that he was doing wrong.

2. to be unfair to. If you punish all the children for the broken window it's a bit hard on those who had nothing to do with it.

hard at it

busy doing (something). I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.

hard done by

unfairly treated. You should complain to the headmaster if you feel hard done by.

hard lines/luck

bad luck. Hard lines/luck! I'm afraid you haven't won this time; It's hard luck that he broke his leg.

hard of hearing

rather deaf. He is a bit hard of hearing now.

a hard time (of it)

trouble, difficulty, worry etc. The audience gave the speaker a hard time of it at the meeting; The speaker had a hard time (of it) trying to make himself heard.

hard up

not having much especially money. I'm a bit hard up at the moment; I'm hard up for envelopes.

hardship

n. sufrimiento, privación, penalidad.

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Their natural good-will is probably heightened by a community of adventure and hardship in their precarious and wandering life.

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With that conviction strong within me, I volunteered for this service, as I would have volunteered for anything that set work and hardship and danger, like ramparts, between my misery and me.

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But to those who did drink, the absence of all alcohol on the ranch was a hardship. I could not violate my sense of hospitality by compelling them to endure this hardship.

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The first stage of Michael's new adventure involved no unusual hardship, despite the fact that he was so cramped in his crate that he could not stand up and that the jolting and handling of the crate sent countless twinges of pain shooting through his shoulder.

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But in maintaining armed men there in place of colonies one spends much more, having to consume on the garrison all the income from the state, so that the acquisition turns into a loss, and many more are exasperated, because the whole state is injured; through the shifting of the garrison up and down all become acquainted with hardship, and all become hostile, and they are enemies who, whilst beaten on their own ground, are yet able to do hurt.

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We find them, accordingly, hardy, lithe, vigorous, and active; extravagant in word, and thought, and deed; heedless of hardship; daring of danger; prodigal of the present, and thoughtless of the future.

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Ascending on his way to the higher regions as far as the first floor of the hotel, Henry's attention was attracted by an angry voice protesting, in a strong New England accent, against one of the greatest hardships that can be inflicted on a citizen of the United States-- the hardship of sending him to bed without gas in his room.

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He could remember nothing of the time before he came to sea; only that his father had made clocks, and had a starling in the parlour, which could whistle "The North Countrie;" all else had been blotted out in these years of hardship and cruelties.

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I think it was to be expected that I should try to avert some of the hardships which our marriage has brought on me." Another tear fell as Rosamond ceased speaking, and she pressed it away as quietly as the first.

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Your sister -- who has patiently borne all hardships that fell on herself -- instantly resented the slur cast on you.

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He tried to prove to the Emperor the impossibility of levying fresh troops, spoke of the hardships already endured by the people, of the possibility of failure and so forth.

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Drood to have known some hardships,' he says, defiantly.

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