be hard on

treat or criticize (someone) severely

严厉对待；苛待；苛责

you're being too hard on her.

你对她太严厉了。

be difficult for or unfair to

使受苦；对…不公平

I think the war must have been hard on her.

我想战争一定使她吃了不少苦。

be likely to hurt or damage

对…有害

the monitor flickers, which is hard on the eyes.

显示器闪烁不定，这对眼睛有害。

be hard put (to it)

[usu. with infinitive]find it very difficult

觉得…很难；很难做到

you'll be hard put to find a better compromise.

你很难找到比这更好的折衷办法。

give someone a hard time

(informal)deliberately make a situation difficult for someone

(非正式)有意为难某人

go hard with

(dated)turn out to (someone's) disadvantage

(旧)对…不利

it would go hard with the poor.

这会对穷人不利。

hard as nails

it would go hard with the poor.

这会对穷人不利。

hard at it

(informal)busily working or occupied

(非正式)忙得不可开交

they were hard at it with brooms and mops.

他们忙着用扫帚和拖把打扫卫生。

hard by

close to

靠近

he lived hard by the cathedral.

他住得离大教堂很近。

hard done by

(Brit.)harshly or unfairly treated

(英)被虐待；受到不公平对待

she would be justified in feeling hard done by.

要是她觉得受到了虐待，这完全有道理。

hard feelings

[usu. with negative]feelings of resentment

怨恨

there are no hard feelings and we wish him well.

我们一点不怨恨，我们希望他好。

hard going

difficult to understand or enjoy

难理解的，难懂的；缺少乐趣的

the studying is at times hard going.

研究有时是很困难的。

hard hit

badly affected

受到严重影响，受到严重打击

Trinidad had been hard hit by falling oil prices.

特立尼达受到石油价格下跌的严重打击。

hard luck (或 lines)

(Brit. informal)used to express sympathy or commiserations

(英，非正式)[用于表示同情、怜悯、遗憾、可惜]真可惜；真遗憾

if you don't like it then hard luck.

如果你不喜欢它，那真是可惜。

a hard nut to crack

(informal)a person or thing that is difficult to understand or influence

(非正式)棘手之人（或事）

hard on ( 或 upon)

close to; following soon after

紧跟着

hard on the heels of Wimbledon comes the Henley Regatta.

温布尔登网球赛之后紧跟着就是亨里赛舟会。