Definition of hardscrabble in English:

hardscrabble

adjective hɑːdˈskrablˈhɑrdˌskræb(ə)l

North American

Involving hard work and struggle.
the film recounts a year in the hardscrabble life of a tenant farmer
Example sentencesExamples
- He remembered his own hardscrabble youth in Texas and vowed that the poor armadillos he grew up with would have a fighting chance at the American Dream if he could have any say in the matter.
- Pregnancy has the further effect of burnishing Demi's biography: It makes her hardscrabble childhood seem more poignant.
- Villaraigosa had a hardscrabble youth before turning into an activist for the teachers union and the ACLU.
- Rather than leaning on his appealingly gruff Neil Diamond pipes to articulate personal stories of drunkenness and hardscrabble redemption, Bachmann takes a more imaginative approach here.
- The residents' hardscrabble backgrounds vary greatly, but Beckvold said the women seldom pass judgment.
- His disdain is like that of a hardscrabble kid from the projects who works for years to get into Yale - only to watch someone else sail in because his daddy is a rich donor.
- Tim's slowed up his release schedule the past few years, and others have gone out and done the hardscrabble archival work that he, and he alone, once undertook.
- And at age 29, after seven hardscrabble years as a professional triathlete, Radkewich fully understands his PR responsibilities.
- But there have always been kids from hardscrabble backgrounds who show academic promise - by nature, by chance, or thanks to the special efforts of parents or other adults.
- And while today's Yorba Linda is a small town set amid the sprawl of Orange County, the humble home itself still speaks of the Nixon family's rural, hardscrabble life.
- Many people in the audience were skeptical, because their experience has been that it's a hardscrabble existence.
- Grasso's hardscrabble early life has, if anything, burnished his reputation on the trading floor - a blue-collar stronghold where college degrees are strictly optional.
- Through the lens of history the emaciated prisoners look barely capable of smiling, but had the Nazi narrative prevailed, the same shot might now suggest weathered pioneers determined to make a life under hardscrabble conditions.
- Today the Jacksons are so deeply associated with the showbiz slickness of Southern California, it's easy to forget their hardscrabble Rust Belt roots.
- In a sense, Nuñez lives his life on a border, one foot planted in hardscrabble reality, the other in the aspirations of the upper middle class.
- He uses their millions to advertise his hardscrabble origins and oneness with the masses.
- He's been through hard times: his hardscrabble childhood on the veld would make David Copperfield's seem cosseted by comparison.
- As a golden boy, first in his class at West Point, and a Rhodes Scholar, he stood apart from the hardscrabble world of the combat arms.
- Most of them struggle just to lead a hardscrabble life.
- Edwards, a wealthy trial lawyer first elected to the Senate in 1998, has built his candidacy around the belief that his hardscrabble upbringing uniquely equips him to understand the struggles of Democratic voters.
- Brenton Maart, who is working on a public art campaign about AIDS prevention in the rural province of Mpumalanga, contributes five pictures of hardscrabble countryside where poverty and global technology meet.
Synonyms
unproductive, barren, unyielding, unfruitful, uncultivatable

Origin

Early 19th century: originally as a noun in the sense 'place thought of as the epitome of barrenness'.

Definition of hardscrabble in US English:

hardscrabble

adjectiveˈhɑrdˌskræb(ə)lˈhärdˌskrab(ə)l

North American

Involving hard work and struggle.
the film recounts a year in the hardscrabble life of a tenant farmer
Example sentencesExamples
- And while today's Yorba Linda is a small town set amid the sprawl of Orange County, the humble home itself still speaks of the Nixon family's rural, hardscrabble life.
- But there have always been kids from hardscrabble backgrounds who show academic promise - by nature, by chance, or thanks to the special efforts of parents or other adults.
- Grasso's hardscrabble early life has, if anything, burnished his reputation on the trading floor - a blue-collar stronghold where college degrees are strictly optional.
- As a golden boy, first in his class at West Point, and a Rhodes Scholar, he stood apart from the hardscrabble world of the combat arms.
- Today the Jacksons are so deeply associated with the showbiz slickness of Southern California, it's easy to forget their hardscrabble Rust Belt roots.
- Pregnancy has the further effect of burnishing Demi's biography: It makes her hardscrabble childhood seem more poignant.
- His disdain is like that of a hardscrabble kid from the projects who works for years to get into Yale - only to watch someone else sail in because his daddy is a rich donor.
- Many people in the audience were skeptical, because their experience has been that it's a hardscrabble existence.
- Edwards, a wealthy trial lawyer first elected to the Senate in 1998, has built his candidacy around the belief that his hardscrabble upbringing uniquely equips him to understand the struggles of Democratic voters.
- The residents' hardscrabble backgrounds vary greatly, but Beckvold said the women seldom pass judgment.
- He remembered his own hardscrabble youth in Texas and vowed that the poor armadillos he grew up with would have a fighting chance at the American Dream if he could have any say in the matter.
- Tim's slowed up his release schedule the past few years, and others have gone out and done the hardscrabble archival work that he, and he alone, once undertook.
- Through the lens of history the emaciated prisoners look barely capable of smiling, but had the Nazi narrative prevailed, the same shot might now suggest weathered pioneers determined to make a life under hardscrabble conditions.
- Most of them struggle just to lead a hardscrabble life.
- Brenton Maart, who is working on a public art campaign about AIDS prevention in the rural province of Mpumalanga, contributes five pictures of hardscrabble countryside where poverty and global technology meet.
- Villaraigosa had a hardscrabble youth before turning into an activist for the teachers union and the ACLU.
- In a sense, Nuñez lives his life on a border, one foot planted in hardscrabble reality, the other in the aspirations of the upper middle class.
- Rather than leaning on his appealingly gruff Neil Diamond pipes to articulate personal stories of drunkenness and hardscrabble redemption, Bachmann takes a more imaginative approach here.
- And at age 29, after seven hardscrabble years as a professional triathlete, Radkewich fully understands his PR responsibilities.
- He's been through hard times: his hardscrabble childhood on the veld would make David Copperfield's seem cosseted by comparison.
- He uses their millions to advertise his hardscrabble origins and oneness with the masses.
Synonyms
unproductive, barren, unyielding, unfruitful, uncultivatable

Origin

Early 19th century: originally as a noun in the sense ‘place thought of as the epitome of barrenness’.

单词	hardscrabble
释义	Definition of hardscrabble in English: hardscrabble adjective hɑːdˈskrablˈhɑrdˌskræb(ə)l North American Involving hard work and struggle. the film recounts a year in the hardscrabble life of a tenant farmer Example sentencesExamples He remembered his own hardscrabble youth in Texas and vowed that the poor armadillos he grew up with would have a fighting chance at the American Dream if he could have any say in the matter. Pregnancy has the further effect of burnishing Demi's biography: It makes her hardscrabble childhood seem more poignant. Villaraigosa had a hardscrabble youth before turning into an activist for the teachers union and the ACLU. Rather than leaning on his appealingly gruff Neil Diamond pipes to articulate personal stories of drunkenness and hardscrabble redemption, Bachmann takes a more imaginative approach here. The residents' hardscrabble backgrounds vary greatly, but Beckvold said the women seldom pass judgment. His disdain is like that of a hardscrabble kid from the projects who works for years to get into Yale - only to watch someone else sail in because his daddy is a rich donor. Tim's slowed up his release schedule the past few years, and others have gone out and done the hardscrabble archival work that he, and he alone, once undertook. And at age 29, after seven hardscrabble years as a professional triathlete, Radkewich fully understands his PR responsibilities. But there have always been kids from hardscrabble backgrounds who show academic promise - by nature, by chance, or thanks to the special efforts of parents or other adults. And while today's Yorba Linda is a small town set amid the sprawl of Orange County, the humble home itself still speaks of the Nixon family's rural, hardscrabble life. Many people in the audience were skeptical, because their experience has been that it's a hardscrabble existence. Grasso's hardscrabble early life has, if anything, burnished his reputation on the trading floor - a blue-collar stronghold where college degrees are strictly optional. Through the lens of history the emaciated prisoners look barely capable of smiling, but had the Nazi narrative prevailed, the same shot might now suggest weathered pioneers determined to make a life under hardscrabble conditions. Today the Jacksons are so deeply associated with the showbiz slickness of Southern California, it's easy to forget their hardscrabble Rust Belt roots. In a sense, Nuñez lives his life on a border, one foot planted in hardscrabble reality, the other in the aspirations of the upper middle class. He uses their millions to advertise his hardscrabble origins and oneness with the masses. He's been through hard times: his hardscrabble childhood on the veld would make David Copperfield's seem cosseted by comparison. As a golden boy, first in his class at West Point, and a Rhodes Scholar, he stood apart from the hardscrabble world of the combat arms. Most of them struggle just to lead a hardscrabble life. Edwards, a wealthy trial lawyer first elected to the Senate in 1998, has built his candidacy around the belief that his hardscrabble upbringing uniquely equips him to understand the struggles of Democratic voters. Brenton Maart, who is working on a public art campaign about AIDS prevention in the rural province of Mpumalanga, contributes five pictures of hardscrabble countryside where poverty and global technology meet. Synonyms unproductive, barren, unyielding, unfruitful, uncultivatable Origin Early 19th century: originally as a noun in the sense 'place thought of as the epitome of barrenness'. Definition of hardscrabble in US English: hardscrabble adjectiveˈhɑrdˌskræb(ə)lˈhärdˌskrab(ə)l North American Involving hard work and struggle. the film recounts a year in the hardscrabble life of a tenant farmer Example sentencesExamples And while today's Yorba Linda is a small town set amid the sprawl of Orange County, the humble home itself still speaks of the Nixon family's rural, hardscrabble life. But there have always been kids from hardscrabble backgrounds who show academic promise - by nature, by chance, or thanks to the special efforts of parents or other adults. Grasso's hardscrabble early life has, if anything, burnished his reputation on the trading floor - a blue-collar stronghold where college degrees are strictly optional. As a golden boy, first in his class at West Point, and a Rhodes Scholar, he stood apart from the hardscrabble world of the combat arms. Today the Jacksons are so deeply associated with the showbiz slickness of Southern California, it's easy to forget their hardscrabble Rust Belt roots. Pregnancy has the further effect of burnishing Demi's biography: It makes her hardscrabble childhood seem more poignant. His disdain is like that of a hardscrabble kid from the projects who works for years to get into Yale - only to watch someone else sail in because his daddy is a rich donor. Many people in the audience were skeptical, because their experience has been that it's a hardscrabble existence. Edwards, a wealthy trial lawyer first elected to the Senate in 1998, has built his candidacy around the belief that his hardscrabble upbringing uniquely equips him to understand the struggles of Democratic voters. The residents' hardscrabble backgrounds vary greatly, but Beckvold said the women seldom pass judgment. He remembered his own hardscrabble youth in Texas and vowed that the poor armadillos he grew up with would have a fighting chance at the American Dream if he could have any say in the matter. Tim's slowed up his release schedule the past few years, and others have gone out and done the hardscrabble archival work that he, and he alone, once undertook. Through the lens of history the emaciated prisoners look barely capable of smiling, but had the Nazi narrative prevailed, the same shot might now suggest weathered pioneers determined to make a life under hardscrabble conditions. Most of them struggle just to lead a hardscrabble life. Brenton Maart, who is working on a public art campaign about AIDS prevention in the rural province of Mpumalanga, contributes five pictures of hardscrabble countryside where poverty and global technology meet. Villaraigosa had a hardscrabble youth before turning into an activist for the teachers union and the ACLU. In a sense, Nuñez lives his life on a border, one foot planted in hardscrabble reality, the other in the aspirations of the upper middle class. Rather than leaning on his appealingly gruff Neil Diamond pipes to articulate personal stories of drunkenness and hardscrabble redemption, Bachmann takes a more imaginative approach here. And at age 29, after seven hardscrabble years as a professional triathlete, Radkewich fully understands his PR responsibilities. He's been through hard times: his hardscrabble childhood on the veld would make David Copperfield's seem cosseted by comparison. He uses their millions to advertise his hardscrabble origins and oneness with the masses. Synonyms unproductive, barren, unyielding, unfruitful, uncultivatable Origin Early 19th century: originally as a noun in the sense ‘place thought of as the epitome of barrenness’.
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