凱瑟琳升職記:職業(yè)發(fā)展之我經(jīng)歷了很長的艱難日
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(jīng)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(xiàn)在，可能結(jié)束了也可能還在持續(xù)，在這里當(dāng)然是指已經(jīng)結(jié)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(jīng)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(jīng)過了很久了。
