make hard work of

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To do (something) in a way that makes it more difficult than it needs to be. idiomatic
    — The motion is from the shoulder rather than from the elbow, moving the whole arm, and there is no need to make hard work of it.
  2. To struggle to accomplish something. idiomatic
    — For arithmetic to-day, as the pupils made hard work of the examples yesterday, I changed only the numbers.

词形变化

makes hard work of present,singular,third-person making hard work of participle,present made hard work of participle,past made hard work of past make heavy work of alternative
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