1.hard-won 来之不易的
This project turned out to be harder than many imagined, and its success was hard-won.
结果证明，这个项目 比很多人想像的要困难，它的成功是来之不易的。

2.in scale ...的规模
Beyond even these in scale are the filaments and voids.
在这些规模之上的，是丝状体和更广大的空间。