| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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听不进群众意见，早晚要吃苦头的。 If you turn a deaf ear to the masses' criticism, sooner or later you will have to pay for it. | ||
审讯期间他吃尽了苦头。 He went through hell during the trial. | ||
上周五，投资者们就尝到了苦头。 Last Friday, they got a taste. | ||
江轮，该让你尝尝苦头了！ Riverboat, should let you try hard! | ||
约翰寻衅和杰克打架，结果大吃苦头。 John picked a fight with Jack and came off worst. | ||
你作它的主要发言人免不了要吃苦头。 As its chief spokesman, you are in for a rough time. | ||
这些平民在保安部队的手中吃尽了苦头。 The civilian population was suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces. | ||
那些浑小子经不起讯问，吃了点苦头全都说了。 Those punks couldn't bear the interrogation; a tad bitter taste of it just brought them all to confession. | ||
我们的工业因研究投入不足而大吃苦头。 Our industry suffers through insufficient investment in research. | ||
这个镇未采取充分的防洪措施，现在尝到苦头了。 The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection. | ||
