【常用新聞英文語彙】學英文最大的挑戰—struggle(n.)/struggle(vi)/struggle to (v phr) /struggling(adj) 到底是甚麼意思?


很多學英文的人,不會知道這幾個語詞有多困難,因為老師教的,字典說的,都是一些些、一丁點,無人能窺得全貌,有通盤的概念,因為要搞懂,頭很痛,大家都不願為學問故折騰自己,因此,以幾十年翻譯經驗,盤整其大要,列舉如下:

struggle (n.)
1.很難(的事)
The problem is: we are expected to buy everyone a gift. This is a struggle for us.
問題是:人家期望我們給大家買禮物,對我們來說,這是很難的事。
The work is a real struggle for me.
這件工作對我來說真的很難。

2.抗
This is only the beginning of the struggle against SARS.
這只是抗SARS 的開始。

3.艱辛
When he saw me and the struggle I was going through, he decided not to do it.
當他看到我,以及我經歷的艱辛之後,他決定不趕我們走了。

4.吃苦
I’m not afraid of struggle. 我不怕吃苦。

5.窮困
They laugh at my struggles. 他們嘲笑我的窮困。

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struggle (vi)
1.不好過
Even those with jobs struggle. 連有工作的人也不好過。
You are struggling yourself. 你自己也不好過。

2.艱辛
Lakers struggled to win despite their powerful line-up. 儘管先發陣容強大,湖人隊還是贏得艱辛。

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struggle to (v phr) 
1.難以
Even students from Taiwan’s more reputable universities are struggling to find work. 連台灣一些較有名的大學的學生都難以找到工作。

2.努力
We will continue to struggle to build a world in which we are completely free of the plaque of nuclear weapons. 我們會繼續努力建立一個不再受核子武器威脅的世界。

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struggling (adj)
1.窮困的
struggling artists and musicians. 窮困的藝術家和音樂家。

2.難以坐穩的
The kickback scandal threatens to bring down the already struggling presidency of Estrada.
這椿收賄醜聞恐有將艾斯特拉達從已經難以坐穩的總統寶座拉下之虞。

3. 很難
You got 5 cafes? I am struggling with one. 你有五家咖啡店?我開一家都很難。

4.很困難
My mother and me are really struggling right now. 家母和我現在真的很困難。

5.經營困難的
Struggling restaurant owner says crime scaring customers away, 'don't feel safe' going out.經營困難的餐廳老闆說犯罪嚇走顧客,外出感到不安全。

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無語詞對應
1. He is struggling to breathe. 他呼吸困難。
2. She struggled to lift the package by herself, but it was too heavy. 她一個人很用力抬包裹,但太重了。
3. I am really struggling with this homework。我真的很不會做這項功課。
4. She is clearly struggling to quit smoking. 她顯然難以戒菸。
5. A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. 堅強的人勇於面對命運的摧殘。

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這些語詞的語例每天出現,無法一一解說,只能傳遞一些基本概念,希望讀者有所了解。

資料來源:京文出版社【系列四】高階英漢翻譯詞典

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