Goodies英文学堂︱Hard to swallow真正意思是甚么？即睇idiom意思/例句/小测验

英文词汇的用法灵活多变，仅仅记着某个单字的意思，往往不足以理解整句句子。《星岛教育》精选多个有趣的Idioms(惯用语)，拆解含义之余，亦提供例句与小测验，方便小朋友理解。今期将会介绍「Hard to swallow」，字面上的意思是「难以吞咽」，但实际意义却不是如此！

意思

To hear something that is difficult to believe or accept (难以相信或接受)

例句

• It’s hard to swallow the news about the fires in the fishing village.” (「渔村失火的消息实在令人难以接受。」)
• Irma says the loss in the competition was hard to swallow. (Irma 表示，这场比赛落败的结果让她难以接受。)

小测验

After the exam, your friend Randy says his results were “hard to swallow”. What does he mean?

1. He couldn’t accept his exam results
2. He couldn’t swallow his exam paper
3. He had a sore throat from the exam

答案：1

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