difficult
美音:[´dıfəkəlt
]
英音:[´dıfəkəlt
]
adj.困难的,艰难的,(人)难相处的
难易程度:
difficult为中学词汇
词频:466
词形变化:
副词:difficultly
词根
fact＝to make（做），to do（做，为） 变化型 fect
近义词, 同义词
difficulty hardness impracticability impossibility hard work Herculean task dilemma entanglement complexity knot Gordian knotbe difficult perplex bother nonplus
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difficult
/'dɪfɪkəlt; `dɪfəkəlt/
adj
1 ~ (to do sth) (of tasks) requiring effort or skill; not easy （指任务）需要精力或技术的; 困难的; 不易的
*a difficult problem, language, translation 难题、难学的语言、难做的翻译
* She finds it difficult to stop smoking. 她觉得戒烟很不容易.
* This mountain is difficult to climb/It is difficult to climb this mountain. 这座山很难爬[爬这座山可不容易].
* Their refusal puts us in a difficult position. 他们拒绝後, 我们便陷入了困境.
* They made it difficult for me to see her. 他们从中作梗, 让我不易见到她. *
13 is a difficult age, ie Children have problems then. 13岁是个出麻烦的年龄.
2 (of people) not easy to please or satisfy; unwilling to co-operate （指人）不易取悦的, 不易满足的, 不易相处的, 不愿合作的, 执拗的
*a difficult child, customer, boss, etc 难哄的小孩、难对付的顾客、难讨好的上司
* Don't be difficult
*just lend us the money. 别难为人了, 还是把钱借给我们罢.
3 (idm 习语) easy/difficult of approach => approach.
adj
1 ~ (to do sth) (of tasks) requiring effort or skill; not easy （指任务）需要精力或技术的; 困难的; 不易的
*a difficult problem, language, translation 难题、难学的语言、难做的翻译
* She finds it difficult to stop smoking. 她觉得戒烟很不容易.
* This mountain is difficult to climb/It is difficult to climb this mountain. 这座山很难爬[爬这座山可不容易].
* Their refusal puts us in a difficult position. 他们拒绝後, 我们便陷入了困境.
* They made it difficult for me to see her. 他们从中作梗, 让我不易见到她. *
13 is a difficult age, ie Children have problems then. 13岁是个出麻烦的年龄.
2 (of people) not easy to please or satisfy; unwilling to co-operate （指人）不易取悦的, 不易满足的, 不易相处的, 不愿合作的, 执拗的
*a difficult child, customer, boss, etc 难哄的小孩、难对付的顾客、难讨好的上司
* Don't be difficult
*just lend us the money. 别难为人了, 还是把钱借给我们罢.
3 (idm 习语) easy/difficult of approach => approach.
difficult
adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: difficulty]
hard to do, understand, or deal with
≠ easy
a difficult question
an immensely difficult task
Was the exam very difficult?
It's difficult to see how more savings can be made.
difficult (for sb) to understand/find/obtain etc
That's rather difficult for me to explain.
He's finding it difficult to get a job.
involving a lot of problems and causing a lot of trouble or worry
a difficult situation
Things are a bit difficult at home at the moment.
There could be difficult times ahead.
make life/things difficult for sb
(=cause problems for someone)
She's doing everything she can to make life difficult for him.
someone who is difficult never seems pleased or satisfied
= awkward
Don't be so difficult!
a difficult customer
WORD FOCUS: difficult
difficult to do: hard, tough, challenging, daunting
difficult and needing a lot of physical effort: tough, strenuous, back-breaking, gruelling, arduous, punishing
difficult to deal with or talk about: tricky, awkward, delicate, sensitive, touchy
words for describing a difficult person: awkward, trying
words for describing difficult conditions: adverse, hostile
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: difficulty]
hard to do, understand, or deal with
≠ easy
a difficult question
an immensely difficult task
Was the exam very difficult?
It's difficult to see how more savings can be made.
difficult (for sb) to understand/find/obtain etc
That's rather difficult for me to explain.
He's finding it difficult to get a job.
involving a lot of problems and causing a lot of trouble or worry
a difficult situation
Things are a bit difficult at home at the moment.
There could be difficult times ahead.
make life/things difficult for sb
(=cause problems for someone)
She's doing everything she can to make life difficult for him.
someone who is difficult never seems pleased or satisfied
= awkward
Don't be so difficult!
a difficult customer
WORD FOCUS: difficult
difficult to do: hard, tough, challenging, daunting
difficult and needing a lot of physical effort: tough, strenuous, back-breaking, gruelling, arduous, punishing
difficult to deal with or talk about: tricky, awkward, delicate, sensitive, touchy
words for describing a difficult person: awkward, trying
words for describing difficult conditions: adverse, hostile
1. Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work.
即使这样，人们仍会感到上班有困难。
2. Every awkward attempt meets with sympathy and encouragement, and the most difficult step on the path of language becomes the merriest game.
每一次尴尬的尝试都会受到同情和鼓励，这样在语言学习道路上最困难的一步变成了最愉快的游戏。
3. Even though friends and family support the idea of going, it is difficult to say good-bye at this moment.
即使朋友们及家人支持他们出国留学, 但在此时此刻说声再见却是很困难的。
4. Certainly it is more difficult than the arts which involve appreciation of flat forms, shape in only two dimensions.
欣赏雕塑品当然比欣赏平面的艺术品要难。"
5. But here we come up against the most difficult of all obstacles to contact with people on other planets----the astronomical distances which separate us.
然而，在和外星人联系中我们遇到的最大困难是分隔我们的天文距离。
6. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.
但是，历史学家企图重现遥远的过去可是一项艰巨的任务，
7. By correlating markings made in various parts of the world, historians have been able to read this difficult code.
历史学家通过把世界各地留下的这种痕迹放在一起研究，终于弄懂了这种费解的代码。
8. But the very success of jukus in training youngsters to pass exams has made the competition worse: Jukus help more students pass exams, so the exams have to be made more difficult.
然而，恰恰是课外学校在训练孩子通过考试方面的成功，使得竞争更为激烈：课外学校帮助越来越多的孩子通过考试，考试就需设计得越来越难。
9. We are faced with a difficult choice.
我们面临困难的抉择.
10. It is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.
但要估算别人为我们为所提供的服务的价值却是极其困难的。
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即使这样，人们仍会感到上班有困难。
2. Every awkward attempt meets with sympathy and encouragement, and the most difficult step on the path of language becomes the merriest game.
每一次尴尬的尝试都会受到同情和鼓励，这样在语言学习道路上最困难的一步变成了最愉快的游戏。
3. Even though friends and family support the idea of going, it is difficult to say good-bye at this moment.
即使朋友们及家人支持他们出国留学, 但在此时此刻说声再见却是很困难的。
4. Certainly it is more difficult than the arts which involve appreciation of flat forms, shape in only two dimensions.
欣赏雕塑品当然比欣赏平面的艺术品要难。"
5. But here we come up against the most difficult of all obstacles to contact with people on other planets----the astronomical distances which separate us.
然而，在和外星人联系中我们遇到的最大困难是分隔我们的天文距离。
6. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.
但是，历史学家企图重现遥远的过去可是一项艰巨的任务，
7. By correlating markings made in various parts of the world, historians have been able to read this difficult code.
历史学家通过把世界各地留下的这种痕迹放在一起研究，终于弄懂了这种费解的代码。
8. But the very success of jukus in training youngsters to pass exams has made the competition worse: Jukus help more students pass exams, so the exams have to be made more difficult.
然而，恰恰是课外学校在训练孩子通过考试方面的成功，使得竞争更为激烈：课外学校帮助越来越多的孩子通过考试，考试就需设计得越来越难。
9. We are faced with a difficult choice.
我们面临困难的抉择.
10. It is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.
但要估算别人为我们为所提供的服务的价值却是极其困难的。
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