Difficult circumstances can temper one's will.

艰苦的环境能磨炼人的意志。

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Feeding in exceptionally difficult circumstances.

在极端困难情况下的喂养。

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She had done a good job under difficult circumstances.

她在艰难的环境下做出了不错的工作成绩。

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General Allyn says U.N.and Haitian forces continue to have lead responsibility for security, which he says has been mostly good in very difficult circumstances.

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The question is not so much how we control what happens to us but what do we do when we were faced difficult circumstances, and how we can make spiritual meaning even when difficult things happen to us.

问题不是我们能够掌控多少,而是当我们面对困境,能做些什么，我们怎样体现灵性的意义,即便我们面临困境。

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And perhaps that is pastoral in a way, going back to what you said, that I do think of myself in many ways as doing pastoral counseling, particularly in the most difficult circumstances when there's been a crisis, a death, a serious accident.

也许某种意义上这像是种牧师与受众，回到你刚才说的，很多时候我觉得自己,就是作为一个牧师指导学生，尤其是在极其困难的情况下,比如出现了危机，伤亡，或者严重事故。

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They did their best to collect true numbers in difficult circumstances and with little money.

ECONOMIST: Good news on treatment. Bad news on propaganda

What can members of the class of 2011 do to succeed in such difficult circumstances?

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

By the standards of other rich countries, the British economy is doing well in difficult circumstances.

ECONOMIST: Britain has a two-faced chancellor