Catherine在和好友Jake聊天,談到Catherine今天在公司的職位,以及所取得的優(yōu)異成績,Jake贊不絕口。于是Catherine就提到了之前的種種努力與艱辛,最后還說:I have had a hard time for many years.
I have had a hard time for many years.我經歷了很久的艱難日子啊。
have a hard time意為“過得很艱難”,類似的詞組還有很多,例如:have a good time玩得很高興;have fun玩得很開心。完成時表示一種狀態(tài)持續(xù)到現在,可能結束了也可能還在持續(xù),在這里當然是指已經結束了的艱難日子,是一種成功后對艱辛努力的回顧。所以,如果有人以為你的成功來得很容易,你就可以跟他說:I have had a hard time for many years.我經歷的很久的艱難日子啊。
【英語情景劇】
Jane:I heard you were promoted today.
簡:我聽說你晉升了。
Shirley:Yeah! What I've done in the past time is worthwhile. I have had a hard time for a long time.
雪莉:是的,過去我所付出的一切都是值得的。過去的艱難日子我已經過了很久了。