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difficulty

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n.困难,难点

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difficulty为中学词汇   词频:771

词形变化:

名词复数:difficulties

词根

fact=to make(做),to do(做,为) 变化型 fect

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相关词

ease  simplicity    

difficulty


/'dɪfɪkəltɪ; `dɪfə,kəltɪ/
n
1 [U] ~ (in sth/in doing sth) state or quality of being difficult; trouble or effort that sth involves 困难; 艰难; 困难性; 难度
*the sheer difficulty of the task 这项任务的高难度
* Bad planning will lead to difficulty later. 计划不善会给今後带来困难.
* do sth with/without difficulty 费劲地[不费劲地]做某事
* She got the door open, but only with some difficulty. 她倒是把门打开了, 但却花了些力气.
* I had the greatest difficulty in persuading her. 我为了说服她, 费了好大的劲.
* We had no difficulty (in) finding the house. 我们毫不费劲地找到了那所房子.
2 [C usu pl 通常作复数] difficult thing to do, understand or deal with 难做、难懂、难应付的事; 难事; 难点; 难题
*the difficulties of English syntax 英语句法的难点
* be working under some difficulty, ie in difficult circumstances 在艰苦的条件下工作
* She met with many difficulties when travelling. 她在旅行时遇到了许多伤脑筋的事.
* financial difficulties, ie problems about money 财务困难
* We got into difficulty/difficulties with the rent, ie found it hard to pay. 我们付不出租钱了.
* I want to marry her, but my parents are making/creating difficulties, ie making things hard for us. 我想娶她, 但我父母从中阻挠.

difficulty


npluraldifficulties
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: difficultas, from difficilis 'difficult', from facilis 'easy']
[U]
if you have difficulty doing something, it is difficult for you to do
have/experience difficulty (in) doing sth
 They had great difficulty in finding a replacement.
with/without difficulty
 He got to his feet with difficulty.
[C usually plural]
a problem or something that causes trouble
difficulty with
 There are several difficulties with this theory.
 If you have any difficulties , give me a call.
 The project soon ran into difficulties .
 Difficulties can arise when there is more than one defendant.
 We're confident that the legal difficulties can be overcome .
 The rearrangement of school classes may cause timetabling difficulties .
 Their ten years of marriage have been fraught with difficulties .
the practical difficulties of prosecuting alleged war criminals
 The broadcast was delayed because of technical difficulties .
 She developed breathing difficulties during the night.
[U]
if you are in difficulty, you are in a situation in which you have problems
in difficulty
 The business is in financial difficulty.
get/run into difficulty
(=get into a difficult situation)
 She soon got into difficulty with debt.
[U]
the quality of being difficult to do
the difficulty of (doing) sth
 the difficulty of solving such problems
[U]
how difficult something is
 The tests vary in difficulty.
learning difficulties
HINT sense 1
Do not say that someone 'has difficulty to do something'. Say that someone has difficulty doing something or has difficulty in doing something .
COLLOCATES for sense 2
have/experience/encounter difficulties
run/get into difficulties (=experience difficulties)
difficulties arise
overcome difficulties
cause difficulties (for somebody)
be fraught with/beset by difficulties (=involve a lot of difficulties)
practical difficulties
mechanical/technical difficulties
financial difficulties (=a bad financial situation)
breathing difficulties
behavioural difficulties (=bad behaviour)
marital difficulties (=problems between a husband and wife)

1. Ever since, people have had difficulty in deciding whether the craft should be ranged among ships, planes, or land vehicles----for it is something in between a boat and an aircraft.
    自那以后,人们很难决定是否应该将这种运载工具列为轮船、飞机,或是陆上交通工具,因为它是介于船和飞机之间。

2. Even young students who plan on staying in the United States just long enough to finish two semesters of high school have difficulty finding a host family.
    甚至那些计划在美国完成两个学期中学课程的年轻学生也很难找到接待家庭。

3. We had the greatest difficulty imaginable getting here in time.
    我们为了及时到这儿,遇到可以想象得到的最大困难。

4. Why? One difficulty is to construct the agreements.
    为什么呢?困难之一是起草这些协议。

5. With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress.
    费了好大劲儿,他爬进橱窗去取那件衣服。

6. Well, to meet this difficulty, I resolved to dig into the surface of the earth, so as to make it easier to launch the boat.
    好吧,为了克服这一困难,我决定把地面挖平。这样可以使小船下水时容易一些,

7. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.
    飞机能够毫无困难地飞越茫茫雪原。

8. They had got into finanicial difficulty.
    他们陷入了财政困难.

9. The difficulty of the work is indiscribabe.
    这工作的困难是无法描述的。

10. The difficulty of the problem is manifest.
    这问题的困难是明显的。

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