Tough it out 咬緊牙關，堅持下去

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形容詞 “tough” 可以形容事物是 “困難的，堅固的”。不過在本期節目中，主持人 Phil 和菲菲分享的短語 “tough it out” 不但可以用於描述 “忍受肉體上的痛苦，堅持下去”，也可以描述 “在艱難的處境中堅持下去”。聽節目，學習這個短語的用法。

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Feifei
Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them, too. I’m Feifei.

Phil
And I’m Phil. Ow!

Feifei
You look like you’re in pain, Phil. Are you ok?

Phil
I’ll be OK. I hurt myself playing football, but I’m sure I can tough it out.

Feifei
Tough it out? Are you sure you can, Phil? Anyway, that’s a great phrase to learn. What does ‘tough it out’ mean?

Phil
If you tough it out, then you work through a painful or difficult situation. You stay strong, and don’t change your plans.

Feifei
And it’s not just for physical pains like yours. We can use it for difficult situations. For example, you might be working for a company that can’t afford to employ enough people and you just have to tough it out until they’ve got some more money.

Phil
Let’s hear some other people using this phrase.

Examples
I am so hungry. I didn’t have any time for breakfast but I’m going to have to tough it out till my lunch break.

Oh no! There’s no hot water and I really need a shower. I’m going to have to tough it out.

Oh, there’s no air conditioning in this building. I’m absolutely boiling! I guess I’ll just have to tough it out.

Feifei
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。剛才我們一起學習瞭短語 “tough it out” 的用法。“Tough it out” 的意思是 “咬緊牙關，挺過困難、壓力”。“Tough it out” 不但可以指 “忍受身體上的痛苦”，還可以指 “在困難的境遇中堅持到底，挺過難關”。

Phil
As a phrase, we always put ‘it’ in the middle, between ‘tough’ and ‘out’. Now it originally comes from the phrasal verb ‘tough something out’, and we can say ‘tough something out’, or ‘tough out something’.

Feifei
是的。“Tough something out” 也是一個短語動詞，我們可以把這個短語中的 “something” 用具體的事物來替換。比如，“tough this competition out（咬緊牙關，挺過這場比賽）”。Well, it can be hard to learn phrasal verbs, but if you tough it out, you’ll get there.

Phil
And make sure you come back for the next episode. We’ll see you then!

Feifei
Bye-bye!

Phil
Bye!