it can restrict action, and impose harsh terms on those who have taken on too much.
它可以让你的行动受限,对欠债太多者强加予严厉的条件。
plagued by both internal and external troubles, the company was in urgent need of money, so the manager had no way out but be pressured into accepting the harsh terms offered by that company.
由于该公司内外交困,急需周转资金,经历别无他法,只能被迫接受哪家公司提出的苛刻条件。
nature sets harsh terms for survival in this land.
大自然为这片土地设置的自下而上条件十分恶劣。
a defeated country is forced to accept all kinds of harsh terms such as relinquishing claims to part of its land, repaying war debts, and changing its form of government.
战败国会被强迫接受各种残酷的条件,诸如割让部分领土、赔偿战债以及改变政府制度等。