hardship

difficulty, hardship

这两个名词都表示“困难”之意。
difficulty: 指需大量思考和技巧或努力才能克服的任何困难。
hardship: 侧重指生活上令人难以承受的艰难困苦，如疾病、贫穷等磨难。

名词 hardship:

1. a state of misfortune or affliction
   同义词：adversity, hard knocks
2. something hard to endure
   同义词：asperity, grimness, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
3. something that causes or entails suffering

1. The tax increases will, in the aggregate, cause much hardship.
   增加税收归结起来将造成很多困难。
2. Years of hardship and neglect had taken their toll.
   多年的劳累和疏于保养损害了他们的健康。
3. A Stoic person responds to hardship with imperturbation.
   坚忍克己之人经受苦难仍能泰然自若。
4. Hardship disposes man to meet adversity.
   艰苦能让人适应逆境。
5. Hardship warped his disposition.
   困苦使他的性情变得乖僻。
6. Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardship and adventure.
   登山很吸引人，特别是对年轻人来说，因为它伴随着艰难险阻。
7. A strong man will bear hardship without complaining.
   一个坚强的人会忍受困苦而不抱怨。