Goodies英文學堂︱Hard to swallow真正意思是甚麼？即睇idiom意思/例句/小測驗
更新時間：12:00 2026-10-10 HKT
發佈時間：12:00 2026-10-10 HKT
發佈時間：12:00 2026-10-10 HKT
字體大小
英文詞彙的用法靈活多變，僅僅記着某個單字的意思，往往不足以理解整句句子。《星島教育》精選多個有趣的Idioms(慣用語)，拆解含義之餘，亦提供例句與小測驗，方便小朋友理解。今期將會介紹「Hard to swallow」，字面上的意思是「難以吞嚥」，但實際意義卻不是如此！
意思
To hear something that is difficult to believe or accept (難以相信或接受)
例句
- It’s hard to swallow the news about the fires in the fishing village.” (「漁村失火的消息實在令人難以接受。」)
- Irma says the loss in the competition was hard to swallow. (Irma 表示，這場比賽落敗的結果讓她難以接受。)
小測驗
After the exam, your friend Randy says his results were “hard to swallow”. What does he mean?
- He couldn’t accept his exam results
- He couldn’t swallow his exam paper
- He had a sore throat from the exam
答案：1
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