2 a pretty hard combination to beat 还是 a combination pretty hard to beat
On the other hand, being young and old at the same time has its attractions. I considered this when I met a thoughtful young businessman named Anthony. “Many people say that we lack culture in this country,” he told me, “What people forget is that the Italians, when they came to Austrlia, brought 2000 years of their culture, the Greeks some 3000 years, and the Chinese more still. We’ve got a foundation built on ancient cultures but with a drive and dynamism of a young country. It’s a pretty hard combination to beat.”
上面文字源自2022年全国高考甲卷阅读理解题D篇。
请问：最后一句的词序是否应改为It’s a combination pretty hard to beat。
（作者借收尾句表达自己的一种观点：澳大利亚对各路文化成功的消化和吸收是an unbeatable combination）
最佳答案 2023-12-03 18:11
这样的习惯用法词典一般都有收录：
1.《韦氏高阶词典》这样处理：
a. It's hard to solve this problem. = This is a hard problem (to solve). = This problem is hard (to solve).
b. He's a hard guy to figure out. = He's a guy who's hard to figure out. = It's hard to figure that guy out.
2.《朗文当代高级词典》中实例：
They're a hard team to beat.
3.《美国传统词典》中实例：
Thermodynamics is a hard course to teach.
4.《柯林斯高阶词典》中实例：
a man hard to live with
所以，无需修改。
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