a bitter pill to swallow

基本解释

• 吞下苦果；（必须吞下去的）苦药丸，不能不做的苦事，不得不忍受的屈辱

英汉例句

双语例句

• It is a bitter pill to swallow but the truth is fear drives your life.
  一个好一点的解释是你只是在忍受，但事实是你让恐惧掌控了你的生活。
• Kosovo's Albanians will be happy with this—but they will have a bitter pill to swallow too.
  科索沃阿族人将对此感到满意——但他们也会吞下苦药。
• A tough loss, and a bitter pill to swallow, but with distance the US players can certainly be proud of their efforts.
  这是一场艰难的失败，一颗难以吞咽的苦果。 但长远地看，美国球员可以当之无愧地为自己的努力而骄傲。

权威例句

• Otherwise, they will have a bitter pill to swallow when change is forced upon them.
  FORBES: One Way To Fix Health Care's Obesity Problem
• For parliament member Mustafa Alush(ph), nominating another general was a bitter pill to swallow.
  NPR: Lebanese Rivals Agree on Compromise Candidate
• Kosovo's Albanians will be happy with this—but they will have a bitter pill to swallow too.
  ECONOMIST: Serbia and Kosovo

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