| 释义 |
school of hard knocks school of hard knocks n.Informal （名词）【非正式用语】 The practical experiences of life, including hardships and disappointments, that serve to educate and temper a person:实际生活经历：使人受教育或改变脾性的实际生活经历，包括困难和失望：“He hadn't grown up in the school of hard knocks. Politically he had lived an easy life”(&b{Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.})“在实际生活经历中他没有长大。从政治上讲他过着一种轻松的生活”(小托马斯P.奥涅尔) |