Five ways to use hard

英文：

Sam
Hello, everyone. I'm Sam from BBC Learning English and today we are looking at five ways to use the word hard.

As an adjective describing a thing, it can mean the opposite of soft. For example: Wood is hard.

The opposite of easy. For example: The exam was hard.

And it can mean something that involves effort: Running a marathon is hard.

As an adverb describing an action, it can mean to do something with energy, such as: She works hard.

Or to use force. For example: He hit the ball hard.

Just be careful not to confuse it with hardly because that has a different meaning.

So not too hard, is it?

翻译：

大家好，我是BBC Learning English的Sam，今天我们来看一下用“hard”这个词的五种方式。

作为一个描述事物的形容词，它可以表示与“软”相反的意思。例如：木头是硬的。

表示与“容易”相反的意思。例如：考试很难。

也可以表示需要付出努力的意思。例如：跑马拉松很辛苦。

作为描述行为的副词，它可以表示用力地做某事，比如：她工作很努力。

或者表示使用力量的意思。例如：他猛击了球。

只要注意不要与“hardly”混淆，因为它有不同的含义。

所以，这不算太难，对吧？

测验：

1. 'Maths is harder than biology.' What does hard mean here?

A the opposite of soft

B the opposite of easy

2. In which of these sentences is 'hard' an adverb?

A She works hard.

B Work is hard.

3. Are these sentences the same? 'He hit me hard.' vs 'he hardly hit me.'

A Yes, they are the same.

B No. They are not the same.

答案：

1B 2A  3B