hard going

a) DIFFICULTdifficult to do and needing a lot of effort 费劲的，费力的

A strong wind made the race very hard going.

因为刮大风，赛跑选手都跑得很吃力。

b) BORINGboring, or difficult to deal with, talk to etc 乏味的；难打交道的

I find some of his friends pretty hard going.

我觉得他的有些朋友相当乏味。

Examples from the Corpus

hard going• Anyone who tried to set up in between us would find it hard going.• But getting to be one of these fashionable high-flying image makers with a top salary is hard going.• Robbie's sandals were low-heeled, but even so she found the pace hard going.• Much of it was hard going, especially in the early parts.• I don't mind it, but it's pretty hard going to sleep with this banging going on.

→ hard going at hard1(5)

词汇	hard going
释义	hard going hard going a) DIFFICULTdifficult to do and needing a lot of effort 费劲的，费力的 A strong wind made the race very hard going. 因为刮大风，赛跑选手都跑得很吃力。 b) BORINGboring, or difficult to deal with, talk to etc 乏味的；难打交道的 I find some of his friends pretty hard going. 我觉得他的有些朋友相当乏味。 Examples from the Corpus hard going• Anyone who tried to set up in between us would find it hard going.• But getting to be one of these fashionable high-flying image makers with a top salary is hard going.• Robbie's sandals were low-heeled, but even so she found the pace hard going.• Much of it was hard going, especially in the early parts.• I don't mind it, but it's pretty hard going to sleep with this banging going on. → hard going at hard1(5)
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