hard times

Losses on the stock market caused him to fall on hard times.

股票市场上的损失使他倒霉.

If anyone is to be dismissed when the company falls on hard times, it won't be Jack; he's dug himself in too well.

如果公司碰到困难时刻要裁员的话, 那是裁不到杰克头上来的. 他在公司里的地位是稳固的.

A high inflation rate imports hard times for consumers.

通货膨胀率高意味着消费者日子难过.

Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students.

当下时局艰难，一些社区学院被迫停止招生。

Offerings from the congregation are small in hard times.

在困难的年代,会众的捐献很有限.

Britain's stiff upper-lip is displayed to best advantage in hard times.

英国的坚定不移在艰难时期优势最为突出.

As the tabloids have hit on hard times, the cheques of chequebook journalism have shrunk.

随着小报纸的不景气, 买断独家采访权的金额也跟着缩减了.

They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family.

那是段艰苦时期，他父母一直艰辛地养家糊口。

More than once they had helped us through hard times.

他们不止一次帮助我们度过难关.

It's in the hard times that the differences in underlying allegiances really show up.

在困难的时候,原来并不明显的忠诚态度就显露出差别来了.

Those were hard times.

那些岁月是非常艰难的。

It wasn't easy scratching out a living in those hard times.

在那段艰难的日子里,糊口真不容易.

There is an old saying that in hard times public opinion turns to the left.

有一句老话说:在艰苦的时候,公众意见就左倾.

Poverty, high prices, and hard times froze the stony peninsula.

贫困 、 高昂的物价和艰难的岁月使这座荒凉的半岛毫无生气.

In writing about our hard times, we are apt to overuse the word " grim ".

在描写我们艰苦的日子的时候, 我们每每过多地使用 “ 严肃 ” 这个字眼.