a bitter pill (to swallow) something very unpleasant that you must accept必须吞下去的苦药丸,不得不接受的现实:•The knowledge that his friends no longer trusted him was a bitter pill to swallow.得知朋友不再信任他,他很难接受。—bitterness noun U a bitter pill (to swallow) an unpleasant or painful necessity (to accept) 不得不承受的苦事。 |