This new material is a
tough as leather.
这种新材料像皮革一样坚韧。
It was a
tough decision but we have no other choice.
这是一个艰难的决定，但我们别无选择。
The mutton shashlik is
tough and I just eat some vegatables.
羊肉串很硬，我就吃了点蔬菜。
The marathon was a
tough challenge for me, but I managed to finish it.
马拉松对我来说是一个艰难的挑战，但我成功完成了。
She's going through a
tough time after losing her job, but her friends are supporting her.
失业后她过得很艰难，但她的朋友们都在支持她。
This new project is really
tough; we'll have to work overtime to meet the deadline.
这个新项目真的很棘手，我们得加班才能赶在截止日期前完成。
The final exam was incredibly
tough, and many students struggled with it.
期末考试非常难，很多学生都觉得吃力。
The negotiation was
tough, but we eventually reached an agreement.
谈判很艰难，但我们最终达成了协议。
The terrain in the Himalayas is
tough, making it a challenging destination for mountaineers.
喜马拉雅山脉的地势险峻，对登山者来说是个挑战。
Raising children as a single parent can be emotionally
tough.
作为单亲父母抚养孩子可能会在情感上很艰难。
The new manager is
tough on employees who don't meet their targets.
新经理对未达到目标的员工很严厉。
The economic climate is
tough at the moment, with many businesses struggling to survive.
当前经济环境严峻，许多企业都在努力求生存。
The training for the special forces is notoriously
tough and physically demanding.
特种部队的训练以严苛和体能要求高而闻名。
Life is tough, but I'm tougher.
生活很艰苦，但我更坚强。
This, in turn, contributed to relatively stable global energy supplies in a tough international situation, besides boosting oil and gas trade in recent years, it said.
报告称，这反过来又有助于在严峻的国际形势下实现相对稳定的全球能源供应，此外近年来还促进了石油和天然气贸易。
The construction of bridges and tunnels accounts for 84.8 percent of the total workload, making the railway "a tough and urgent project calling for tough and urgent efforts", the manager said.
该经理表示，桥梁和隧道的施工占总工作量的84.8%，这使铁路成为“一个艰难而紧迫的项目，需要付出艰难和紧迫的努力”。
These advantages will enable users to field the radar in regions with tough conditions such as high mountains, uninhabitable islands and plateaus, and controllers can remotely operate the equipment without staying on-site, the manager said, noting that data can be transmitted back in a real-time manner via optical fiber, microwave or satellite.
该经理表示，这些优势将使用户能够在高山、不适合居住的岛屿和高原等条件恶劣的地区部署雷达，控制人员可以在不呆在现场的情况下远程操作设备，并指出数据可以通过光纤、微波或卫星实时传输回来。
Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said ever since the US government placed tough restrictions on Huawei in 2019, the company has been working hard to reduce the negative impact on its revenues.
电信行业协会信息消费联盟总干事项立刚表示，自2019年美国政府对华为实施严格限制以来，该公司一直在努力减少对其收入的负面影响。
Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said ever since the US government placed tough restrictions on Huawei in 2019, the company had been working hard to reduce the negative impact on its revenues.
电信行业协会信息消费联盟总干事项立刚表示，自2019年美国政府对华为实施严格限制以来，该公司一直在努力减少对其收入的负面影响。
Zhao said though this year was very tough for all smartphone vendors, the company is cautiously optimistic for next year's market.
赵表示，尽管今年对所有智能手机供应商来说都非常艰难，但该公司对明年的市场持谨慎乐观的态度。
To achieve earlier completion of the station is tough yet worth all the effort as the work not only marks a milestone in the construction of Hefei Metro network, but will also help boost the provincial capital city's future development, said the project manager with CR24 who declined to be named.
CR24的一位不愿透露姓名的项目经理表示，要想早日建成该站很难，但值得付出一切努力，因为这项工作不仅标志着合肥地铁网建设的一个里程碑，而且将有助于促进省会城市的未来发展。
BEIJING — The Chinese market has proven to be a reliable earnings engine many multinational firms cannot afford to lose or even neglect in a tough time, as the latest financial reports from many world-renowned brands have revealed.
北京——正如许多世界知名品牌的最新财务报告所显示的那样，中国市场已被证明是一个可靠的盈利引擎，许多跨国公司在艰难时期不能失去甚至忽视它。
The Chinese market has proven to be a reliable engine many multinational firms cannot afford to lose or even neglect in a tough time, as the latest financial reports of many world-renowned brands have revealed.
正如许多世界知名品牌的最新财务报告所揭示的那样，中国市场已被证明是许多跨国公司在艰难时期无法失去甚至忽视的可靠引擎。
AMD launched a new brand platform "together we advance_" in June, which demonstrates that with its partners, customers and employees, AMD is advancing innovation to help create solutions to tough challenges worldwide.
AMD于6月推出了一个新的品牌平台“together we advance_”，这表明AMD与其合作伙伴、客户和员工正在推进创新，以帮助创建应对全球严峻挑战的解决方案。
No matter how good the products are, there is no way to transport them during tough times.
无论产品有多好，在困难时期都无法运输。
"It is a rail built with tough efforts－almost 90 percent of the project is the construction work of the tunnels and bridges," Fan Zupei, a project manager with CR24, said.
CR24的项目经理范祖培说：“这是一条经过艰苦努力建造的铁路，几乎90%的工程都是隧道和桥梁的施工。”。
"Aside from the impact from the Ulan Buh Desert, what made protection work even harder is that the area is confronting multiple impacts brought by the environmental issues of neighboring areas, such as water and soil erosion at Wula Mountain and landslide issues in nearby mining areas," said Jia Haiyuan, project manager with Third Construction Co Ltd of China Construction First Group (CSCEC1B3), a unit of China State Construction Engineering Group Co Ltd. With the area facing tough and numerous environmental issues, Ulansuhai Nur has an area "awaiting cleanup" of its 14,700 square kilometers, making it the "hardest nut to crack" among its peers, which was exactly what the company was facing back in June 2019, when it came here to work with the local government to make fundamental changes to the area.
中建一集团第三建筑有限公司（CSCEC1B3）项目经理贾海元表示：“除了乌兰布沙漠的影响外，使保护工作更加困难的是，该地区还面临着周边地区环境问题带来的多重影响，如乌拉山的水土流失和附近矿区的滑坡问题。”，作为中国建筑工程集团有限公司旗下的子公司，由于该地区面临着严峻和众多的环境问题，乌兰海努尔有14700平方公里的“待清理”区域，成为同行中“最难解决的问题”，这正是该公司在2019年6月面临的问题，当它来到这里与当地政府合作，对该地区进行根本性的改变时。
The tunneling project is located near a living community, and the geological conditions are also tough and complicated, especially for the tunnel entrance, which features mostly shallow buried sections-meaning the part of the tunnel is easily prone to collapsing, roof falls and other accidents, said Li Xiaofei, project manager with the China Railway 24th Bureau Group.
中铁二十四局集团项目经理李晓飞说，隧道工程位于一个生活社区附近，地质条件也很艰苦和复杂，尤其是隧道入口，其特点是大部分埋深较浅的部分，这意味着隧道的这一部分很容易发生坍塌、冒顶和其他事故。
"What makes the project a tough one is because the route has posed many big challenges to overcome, especially its tunneling work," said Wang Ligang, manager of the project department at China Railway 24th Bureau Group.
中铁二十四局集团项目部经理王立刚表示：“这条线路带来了许多巨大的挑战，尤其是隧道工程，这使该项目变得艰难。”。
"Before our tunneling machine finally reached its journey-end at Hainan Road Station, it went underneath two rivers and two bridges, and the soil down there is mainly mucky clay, making tunneling and consolidation work tough nuts to crack," he said.
他说：“在我们的隧道掘进机最终到达海南路站的终点之前，它穿过了两条河流和两座桥梁，下面的土壤主要是淤泥质粘土，这使得隧道掘进和加固工作难以破解。”。
Guangdong brand looks to export to North America, faces tough competitionShenzhen Evowera Technology Co Ltd, a personal consumer electronics brand that was founded in Shenzhen, Guangdong province in 2017, and mainly focuses on developing electric toothbrushes, is stepping up its overseas expansion.
广东品牌希望出口北美，面临激烈竞争2017年成立于广东省深圳市，主要专注于电动牙刷开发的个人消费电子品牌深圳市易沃瑞科技有限公司正在加紧海外扩张。
"It's tough to say which will go mainstream because most automakers want different types of systems to stand out against their competitors.
“很难说哪种系统会成为主流，因为大多数汽车制造商都希望不同类型的系统能在竞争对手中脱颖而出。
Cheese, not a popular traditional food in China, can still be a tough sell at retail markets in the country.
奶酪在中国不是一种受欢迎的传统食品，但在中国的零售市场上仍然很难销售。
Authorities have taken a tough stance on crude oil quota use and imports in recent years.
近年来，当局对原油配额的使用和进口采取了强硬立场。
Zuo Xiaodong, vice-president of the China Information Security Research Institute, said such tough efforts are necessary, as data processors have to shoulder their responsibilities in data protection.
中国信息安全研究院副院长左晓东表示，如此艰难的努力是必要的，因为数据处理者必须承担起数据保护的责任。
Wang Yiming, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said the carbon emission reduction goals raise more tough tasks for local governments, which requires authorities to improve management skills.
中国国际经济交流中心副主任王一鸣表示，碳减排目标给地方政府带来了更艰巨的任务，这需要当局提高管理技能。
Driven by these national policies such as the Healthy China 2030 initiative and the tough situation caused by COVID-19, Shen found that China's healthcare sector has seen significant innovation especially in terms of the rise of virtual demand.
在健康中国2030倡议和新冠肺炎造成的严峻形势等国家政策的推动下，沈发现，中国医疗保健行业出现了重大创新，尤其是在虚拟需求的上升方面。
Investors on Monday resorted to a massive sell-off in edtech stocks－a sign that markets expect tough times ahead for the sector.
周一，投资者对教育科技股进行了大规模抛售，这是市场预计该行业将面临艰难时期的迹象。翻译为更通顺的中文表达则是："周一，投资者大举抛售教育科技股，这表明市场预期该行业将迎来艰难时期。
This has been attributed to the pressures created by excessively tough and progressively expensive extracurricular learning programs, which, observers said, have also created unhealthy competition among both market entities and consumers.
这被归咎于过度激烈且日益昂贵的课外学习项目的压力,观察人士称,这些项目在市场主体和消费者之间都制造了不健康的竞争。
"He noted the company faced tough challenges in both systematic design and construction.
他注意到该公司在系统设计和建设方面都面临着严峻的挑战。
American depositary shares of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc ended their first trading day on the New York Stock Exchange 1 percent higher at $14.14 on Wednesday (local time), giving the company a market value of about $68 billion, but also sparking talk of a tough business environment ahead.
中国打车巨头滴滴全球公司的美国存托股份在周三（当地时间）于纽约证券交易所的第一个交易日中，以14.14美元收盘，较发行价上涨1%，使公司市值达到约680亿美元，但也引发了对其前方业务环境艰难的讨论。
Wind- and sand-resistant systems will cope with tough local conditions, as the rail line will operate in high temperatures, with intense sun and sand, he said.
他说，防风沙系统将能够应对当地恶劣的环境，因为这条铁路线将在高温、强阳光和沙尘的条件下运行。
It is a tough journey but Huawei must go through it to survive and thrive. "
这是一段艰难的旅程，但华为必须经历它才能生存并茁壮成长。
"We made a promise to complete it three months ahead of the contract date, and we are inching closer to that promise day by day, though it's a tough goal to achieve," Qiang said.
“我们承诺比合同规定日期提前三个月完成，虽然这是一个艰巨的目标，但我们正一天天接近这个承诺，”强说。
"Affected adversely by the global trade disputes and the outbreak of the COVID-19, the first half of 2020 was exceptionally tough for the retail industry," Sui said.
“全球贸易争端和COVID-19疫情的爆发对2020年上半年的零售业造成了特别严重的打击，”穗志说。
Hu Houkun, deputy chairman of Huawei, said at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Mobile World Congress Shanghai the past year was tough but Huawei managed to persevere.
华为副董事长胡厚崑在2021世界移动通信大会上海展开幕致辞中表示，过去的一年充满挑战，但华为坚韧不拔。
It is a tough journey but Huawei must go through it to survive and thrive.
这是一段艰难的旅程，但华为必须经历它才能生存并蓬勃发展。
Upon graduation this year, Gao became general manager at a McDonald's restaurant in Yintai, near West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, amid a tough job market due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compared with other unmanned vehicles, mining vehicles need to cope with tough road conditions, unpredictable obstacles and no clear guideposts, said Ding Rijia, a professor specializing in mineral resources engineering at China University of Mining and Technology.
"If it (Twitter) tries to put together an investor group, the terms will be tough.
Xiao Fei, an analyst with research firm Analysys, however, said marching into a totally different industry, especially the high-tech industry, for a traditional property developer could be a "tough road".
Wang Wenda, project manager of CIMC's Yangzhou manufacturing base, said the extreme weather in Iceland brought tough challenges to site construction and building quality and safety.
Li Chongming, an official with the networks department at the Tibet branch of China Mobile, described the project as challenging, tough and risky.
If it is used as a fighter jet, it is agile and intelligent, and has good self-defense measures to survive tough combats.
But they might face a tough time due to the economic uncertainties caused by the pandemic globally.
"It has indeed been a tough time for the catering business, but I remain optimistic," said Yin, the chairman of Guangzhou-based Fashion Gourmet Group.
"We will not stop expanding our business and we will keep optimizing our business model, which we consider the key to surviving the tough period," he explained.
The breakthrough helped Guilin HBM gain a toehold in the tough global market.
"As the epidemic spreads, it has become a tough battle that needs global participation.
In response, Chinese smartphone makers resolved to prove there is truth in the saying that "when the going gets tough, the tough get going".
"We're pleased that we've been able to deliver solid revenue growth for the quarter despite tough comparables from last year.
Zhou Xiang, chairman of CASIC Smart Industry Development in Beijing, said his company specializes in planning and building smart cities, adding that through technologies, city officials will find it is much easier to solve many tough issues such as air pollution.
Parent's decision to reduce stake in firm to help offset tough external market conditionsShares of China's largest air conditioner maker Gree Electric Appliances Inc closed at its highest level in three weeks on Tuesday after the company announced its State-owned parent company Gree Group sold a 15 percent stake in the subsidiary, a move that will boost the company's market competitiveness, improve operating efficiency and diversify its product portfolio.
Li Jin, chief researcher at the China Enterprise Research Institute in Beijing, said the ownership change in Gree Electric is of great significance as the company is facing tough competition in the domestic home appliance sector.
The US firm's expansion plan comes at a time when foreign retailers like France's Carrefour and Germany's Metro Group have exited the Chinese mainland amid an increasingly tough retail environment.
Such a move, in what could be the city's biggest listing for nine years, comes as a huge boost to the local bourse which had a tough time attracting mega deals this year.
Her remarks came at a time when the online education has gone through an unstable period, where authorities have implemented tough measures to regulate the industry.
Wisdom, you only learn through a tough life .
Looking forward, Peng said the heaviest task for the CIC's domestic investment arm, Central Huijin Investment Ltd, is to fight a tough battle against financial risks, considering that the external economic situation is grim.
Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, said despite a tough business environment, Xiaomi has managed to achieve solid growth in its businesses in the first half of the year.
Installing heavy rotating milking units in large numbers at each dairy farm is not just a tough financial ask but a logistical and technological challenge.
But international e-commerce can also be a tough business.
In December, authorities in Hennepin County, Minnesota, said they would not file sexual assault charges against Liu because of "profound evidentiary problems" that would have made it tough to build a criminal case.
Business aviation is a better way to facilitate cooperation and competition, even in tough markets, he said.
Analysts said despite the substantial progress made by China on clean energy generation, it still looks tough to achieve the government's target of 5 percent or less curtailment rate by 2020.
It is our duty to participate in the 'three tough battles' against major risks, poverty and pollution.
But Zhao does not believe in talking like a tough military guy.
Like its other foreign store peers, Lawson too had a tough period in the China market when it started operations.
Small Chinese companies with cheap vehicles have come and gone over the years, and it will be tough for Kaiyun to gain traction,” he added.
“Some high-end premium customers will buy vehicles like the Rivian R1T and Tesla truck if it ever arrives, but until the classic work truck can approach the price of a gasoline equivalent and do it profitably, it will be a tough sell.
The scandal shocked the nation and greatly weakened public confidence in domestic dairy products, resulting in a government-led industry consolidation and implementation of tough quality controls.
After the restaurant opened in New York, home to some of the world's most discerning and hard-to-please taste buds, Da Dong has had a tough time impressing the local critics.
Despite Da Dong's global ambitions, 2018 was a tough year for its culinary business domestically.
"China's smartphone market is forecast to drop 12 percent in 2018, which definitely weighed on all vendors, but it is worth noting that even within such a tough situation, Chinese players Huawei, Xiaomi Corp, and Vivo all managed to maintain growth in the first nine months of last year.
"But we had a tough time at first," the 74-year-old Liu said.
"Due to the rush to find jobs in coastal areas and major cities, the number of rural children left behind in China has grown to 6.97 million this year, and is becoming a tough issue to tackle in terms of education, as well as the children's individual development, according to Gao Xiaobing, vice-minister of civil affairs.
Jumeirah today commands a portfolio of 22 hotels across the Middle East, Europe and Asia, and has thrown its hat in the ring in the tough hotel business in China instead of merely luring Chinese tourists to their overseas hotels.
"This year has been tough for many startups but is also a year we are proud of," said Dai Zigeng, president of Beijing Cultural Investment Development Group Co Ltd and a founder of Born for Maker, a startup incubation project.
"Although China's consumer market looks big, many international brands found it incredibly hard to break into this market because they never realized how tough and competitive it is.
"It is a tough task to lead a company like Alibaba, but I 100 percent believe Daniel Zhang will do a better job than I did," Ma said at the conference.
Ma said he had gone through many tough decisions and difficult days during the process of leading Alibaba to become a world leader in the e-commerce industry, and he would like to share his experiences with young entrepreneurs and teach them how to face challenges.
But, as escalating Sino-US trade tensions cast a shadow over the city's stock market, analysts said the company could face a tough reality check amid muted investor demand and lackluster market performance.
Be committed during the tough days.
"I understand that the President is a tough negotiator, but I urge him to consider a more targeted approach that protects American workers and businesses. "
Being a CEO of a leading brand can be tough.
First of all, I think it is more fun than it is tough, because I love the brands.
But when you run a successful company, any form of restructuring is tough.
"In the beginning it was tough.
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said in a statement that aircraft windshields are made of several layers of tough materials and are extremely hard to break.
However, business environment remains tough because of the ongoing political instability, currency volatility and devaluation in the region, rising oil prices, and downward pressure on margins from relentless competition, said the leader of the airline giant.
"Normally as a German, you become cautious and try to compare a tough situation with that in other countries .
They just accept a tough situation as it is and try to find ways to work around it, and come out of the situation stronger.
As President Xi Jinping said last year, China will proactively push forward with the construction of a global network of partners and will proactively push for political solutions for the tough and challenging international issues.
We are proud that Bayer has been very successful amidst such tough competition for so many years.
That was a tough decision to make because Supor by then was the world's second-biggest cookware manufacturer, and Chen was well set for bigger corporate challenges.
The company closed stores in Leicester and Buckinghamshire last year, following a tough 2016 in which profits plunged 46 percent in the first half of the year.
"We are programmed to be tough by biographies and articles that tell us to show no weakness and lead our team to success," Yu said.
Prevention of financial risks is key for China in one of what policy makers called the three tough battles, namely controlling risks, reducing poverty and tackling pollution.
Chinese e-commerce giant JD could shake up Amazon's operations in Europe in the coming years, according to retail experts who say the enterprises may be in for "a very tough fight".
Companies from China may find the going tough in the United States telecommunications market as national security concerns have derailed their local expansion plans, industry analysts said on Thursday.
Chairman and CEO Dave Brandon said on Wednesday that tough decisions are required to save Toys R Us.
With an ambition to bring Blueair to a billion-dollar business over the next three to five years, Altinok talked about the challenges and opportunities he sees in achieving that goal.2013: CEO of Unilever Turkey, Central Asia and IranMBA degree from Middle East Technical UniversityBachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical UniversityChina is taking increasingly tough measures to curb air pollution.
"Moutai has been quite tough on pricing.
Facing tough competition, Kennel said Ofo was confident in the quality of its bikes and services.