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

那是困难时期，他的父母一直挣扎着养家糊口。

A restaurant had fallen upon hard times.

一家餐馆在困难时期倒闭了。

How are you getting on in these hard times?

你在这些困难的日子里过得怎么样？

During hard times, few workers were willing to strike or engage in collective action.

在困难时期，很少有工人愿意罢工或参与集体行动。

We will have to wait and see exactly how these hard times will reshape our social fabric.

我们需要等一等才能知道这些困难时期究竟将如何重塑我们的社会结构。

Not surprising in these hard times, the student's major objective "is to be financially well off".

在经济困难时期，学生的主要目标是“经济上富裕”，这并不奇怪。

Not surprising in these hard times, the student's major objective "is to be financially well off."

在经济困难时期，学生的主要目标是“经济上富裕”，这并不令人惊讶。

Americans are still giving to charity despite hard times.

尽管时世艰难，美国人依然在捐助慈善事业。

Hard times breed hard feelings.

艰苦的日子会酿成怨气。

There was a man who was going through hard times.

有一个人正经历一段艰难的时光。

I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times".

我常常感到悲伤，觉得“困难时期”看不到头。

When you go through hard times, keep going and soon your storm will be over and the sun will shine upon your face again.

当你经历困难的时光时，一直向前，很快你的风暴就会结束，阳光会重新照耀在你的脸上。

The author has had some hard times, but she has come through.

这位作家经历了一些艰难的时期，但她挺过来了。

Hard times continued to revive popular demands for regulating business and softening the harsh edges of laissez-faire capitalism.

艰难的时期继续恢复了人们对规范商业和缓和自由资本主义的尖锐的要求。

Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won't last forever.

困难时期可能总在最不合时宜的时候阻碍你，但请相信，这样的时刻不会一直持续下去。

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

股票市场上的损失使他倒霉。

In hard times, friends fall out.

艰难时世，即使朋友间也难免争吵。

Hard times only reinforce these drives.

困难的时期只会加强这些动力。

The really hard times may just be starting.

然而真正艰难的时刻或许才刚刚开始。

But, he warns, the hard times are not over yet.

不过，科尔多·斯基警告说，艰难的日子还没有过去。

It is the story of his financial life and hard times.

讲述了他经济困难时窘迫的日子。

I'm not saying hard times alone produced this painting.

我不是说困难时期是造就这样绘画的单一因素。

These hard times could use a bit more cash and celebration.

在现在这个困难时期，还是可以用点钱，搞搞庆典的。

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。

How are you? How are you getting by in these hard times?

这些日子挺艰难的，您过得怎么样？

They seem to think hard times will never happen in Paris.

他们似乎觉得这样的艰难岁月永远不会在巴黎出现。

Luckily we managed to stick it out through the hard times.

幸运的是我们设法坚持挺过了最艰难的时刻。

So few families have a chance to save anything for hard times.

所以在困难时期，没有哪个家庭能幸免。

Hard times squelched quite a few shows, especially musicals.

低潮期使得相当多的节目不能上演，特别是音乐剧。