1·Julia was a very tough, sharp-tongued woman.
朱莉娅是一个非常坚韧，说话尖锐的女子。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·It was a very tough decision but we feel we made the right one.
这是一个非常困难的决定，但我们觉得自己做出了正确的选择。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·It looks very tough and I can use it to make myself a drumhead.
它看起来很硬，我可以用它来给我自己做一个鼓面。
4·The other 364 days of the year are very tough for Korean youngsters.
对于韩国年轻人来说，这一年中的其他364天是很艰苦的。
5·Most Roman pottery is light and smooth to touch and very tough, although, like all pottery, it shatters if dropped on a hard surface.
大多数罗马陶器轻巧而光滑，摸起来很硬，但像所有的陶器一样，如果掉在坚硬的物质上就会碎裂。
6·"Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight," says York Onnen, program director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
“运动本身是一种非常困难的减肥方式。”总统健身运动委员会的项目主任 York Onnen 说。
7·The reason London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they all have gone through a very tough training period to get the special taxi driving license.
伦敦的出租车司机之所以效率这么高，是因为他们受到非常严格的训练才获得了专用出租车驾驶执照。
8·"These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted," he said.
“这对于努力工作的家庭来讲是艰难时期，但如果我们不行动，代价会更大。”他说。
9·Anyway, that became very tough.
总之，这让我变得很艰难。
10·This is very, very tough.
这点非常非常难。