hard·ship /ˈhɑrdˌʃɪp/
  受苦,吃苦;苦難,困苦
  Hard·ship n. That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
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  hardship
       n 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers
            struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn: adversity,
             hard knocks]
       2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
          [syn: asperity, grimness, rigor, rigour, severity,
           rigorousness]
       3: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think
          it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than
          to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier
          life"