be hard pushed to do

1 informalDIFFICULT to have difficulty doing something 难以做到某事，做某事有困难

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone better for the job.

找一个更好的人来做这一工作很难。

→ hard-pressed

Examples from the Corpus

be hard put/pressed/pushed to do something• You will be hard pressed to choose a single main course because so many are mouth-watering.• Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.• Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.• Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.• I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!• Leinster will be hard pushed to keep the score within the respectable margins of defeat set by their predecessors.• With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.• The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand.

→ be hard put/pressed/pushed to do something at hard2(2)

2 informal DIFFICULTto have a lot of difficulty doing something 做某事有很多困难

I was hard pushed to keep my mind on my work.

我很难集中精神工作。

→ be (hard) pushed to do something at pushed(2)

词汇	be hard pushed to do
释义	be hard pushed to do be hard pushed to do 1 informalDIFFICULT to have difficulty doing something 难以做到某事，做某事有困难 You’d be hard pressed to find anyone better for the job. 找一个更好的人来做这一工作很难。 → hard-pressed Examples from the Corpus be hard put/pressed/pushed to do something• You will be hard pressed to choose a single main course because so many are mouth-watering.• Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.• Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.• Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.• I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!• Leinster will be hard pushed to keep the score within the respectable margins of defeat set by their predecessors.• With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.• The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand. → be hard put/pressed/pushed to do something at hard2(2) 2 informal DIFFICULTto have a lot of difficulty doing something 做某事有很多困难 I was hard pushed to keep my mind on my work. 我很难集中精神工作。 → be (hard) pushed to do something at pushed(2)
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