苦事

It was really a bitter pill to swallow at that time.

在当时，那真是一件不得不忍受的苦事。

It is really a bitter pill to swallow at that time.

在当时，那真是一件不得不忍受的苦事。

He found being made redundant a very bitter pill to swallow.

他发现被当成多余的人是一件痛苦事。

It shouldn't be a chore.

它不应是一种苦事。

But a couple of months to think it over is no hardship , it's a godsend

但是有一两个月的时间考虑考虑，并不是苦事，这是天赐之福。

Of course it was trying, but you simply had to follow his lead, and if you could prove to him that you were getting loose for your tree he let you stodge.

当然，对于别的孩子，假装吃饱是件苦事；不过，你必须照他的样子做。假如你能向他证明，树窟窿对你来说变得太松了，他就会让你饱餐一顿。

Or what do you gain by going to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?19Your wickedness will punish you, and your apostasies will convict you.

由此可知可见你离弃耶和华你的神、不存敬畏我的心、乃为恶事、为苦事、这是主万军之耶和华说的。

"Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will reprove you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter For you to forsake the Lord your God, And the dread of Me is not in you," declares the Lord God of hosts.

耶2：19你自己的恶、必惩治你、你背道的事、必责备你。由此可知可见你离弃耶和华你的神、不存敬畏我的心、乃为恶事、为苦事、这是主万军之耶和华说的。

Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield, to them that are exercised by it, the most peaceable fruit of justice.

固然各种惩戒，在当时似乎不是乐事，而是苦事；可是，以后却给那些这样受训练的人，结出义德的和平果实。

No, If a student is good at English, he should be able to use the language, both in spoking and writing.

然而，目前的很多英语学习者都视英语阅读为苦事，常常是不得已而为之。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。