"harder" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 更硬的
• 更难的
• 更努力地

Definition

“Harder” 是 “hard” 的比较级。根据语境，它可以表示更困难、更坚硬，或更用力、更努力。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这个词非常依赖语境。在 “This test is harder” 中表示更难；在 “The ground is harder” 中表示更硬；在 “Try harder” 中表示更努力。学习者常把形容词用法（“a harder task”）和副词用法（“work harder”）混淆。

Examples

This math problem is harder than the last one.

这道数学题比上一道**更难**。

The bread is harder today.

今天这面包**更硬**了。

You need to work harder if you want to win.

如果你想赢，你需要**更努力地**练习。

I thought this semester would be easy, but it's been harder than I expected.

我原以为这学期会很轻松，但结果比我想的**更难**。

No matter how harder I pushed, the door wouldn't open.

不管我推得**更用力**，门就是打不开。

If you want people to take you seriously, you'll have to try harder than that.

如果你想让别人认真看待你，你得比这样**更努力**才行。