In terms of unemployment, the troubles of the Detroit auto industry have hit Michigan in the Midwest especially hard.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Many values that I had a hard time accepting I came to terms with.

那些我曾经很难接受的价值观,我渐渐地学会接受它们。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It's very hard to see how you explain that in physicalist terms.

都很难运用物理主义术语加以解释

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So Turkish strength, in terms of hard power, of soft power, in terms of economic relations, is an asset for any American administration.

BBC: Which direction for Turkey now?

At Camp David in 2000 Israel and the Palestinians discovered that even with goodwill it is hard to agree terms.

ECONOMIST: The Arabs and Israel

But as our briefing points out (see article), its military budget, in hard-currency terms, is not much bigger than France's.

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