苛刻地对待(某人), 对(某人)要求过严
使(某人)感到困难[痛苦、不愉快]
迫近; 紧跟着

借鉴于权威词典
hard [h:d]
adj. 硬的
adv. 努力地
例句:
1. The ground is as hard as stone aftMERNxmer the drought.
长期乾旱之后土地硬得就像石头一样。
2. Don't be too hard on her she's very young.
别对她太严了－－她还小呢搜趣网。
3. They work very hard.
他们工作非常努力。
用法：
1. be hard on sb 严格对待或严厉批评某人
2. be hard for sb to do sth 难做的; 难懂的; 难答的; 困难的:
hardly
adv.
1.刚刚; 仅仅:
* I hardly know her. 我不怎麽认识她.
* We had hardly begun/Hardly had we begun our walk when it began to rain. 我们刚一举步就下起雨来了.
* I'm so tired I can hardly (ie only with difficulty) stay awake. 我疲倦得简直昏昏欲睡.
2.(用以表示某事未必能发生、 不大可能发生或不合情理):
* He can hardly (ie cannot possibly) have arrived yet. 他大概还没有到.
* You can hardly expect me to lend you money again. 你可别指望我再借给你钱.
3.几乎没有; 几乎不:
* There's hardly any coal left. 几乎没有煤了.
* Hardly anybody (ie Very few people) came. 几乎没有什麽人来.
* He hardly ever (ie very seldom) goes to bed before midnight. 他很少在午夜以前就寝.
* I need hardly say (ie It is almost unnecessary for me to say) that I was very upset. 无庸赘言, 我心乱如麻.