| 词汇 | difficult |
| 释义 | difficultWord family adverbdifficultlynoundifficultyadjectivedifficult dif·fi·cult /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj 1 DIFFICULThard to do, understand, or deal with 困难的，不易解决的 OPP easy a difficult question 难解的问题 an immensely difficult task 极为艰巨的任务 Was the exam very difficult? 这次考试很难吗？ It’s difficult to see how more savings can be made. 想要进一步节约看来是很难了。 difficult (for somebody) to understand/find/obtain etc That’s rather difficult for me to explain. 我很难作出解释。 He’s finding it difficult to get a job. 他发现找工作很难。 2 PROBLEMinvolving a lot of problems and causing a lot of trouble or worry 有困难的，有问题的，有麻烦的 a difficult situation 难办的局面 Things are a bit difficult at home at the moment. 目前家里的事情有点麻烦。 There could be difficult times ahead. 往后可能会遇到困难的时候。 make life/things difficult for somebody (=cause problems for someone) 使某人日子难过；刁难某人 She’s doing everything she can to make life difficult for him. 她想方设法让他日子难过。 3 BAD-TEMPEREDsomeone who is difficult never seems pleased or satisfied 难以取悦的，不易相处的，不易满足的 SYN awkward Don’t be so difficult! 别这么挑剔！ a difficult customer 苛刻的顾客 THESAURUS difficult not easy to do, understand, or deal with 困难的,不易的 a difficult question 难题 The homework was really difficult. 家庭作业真的很难。 It is difficult to see how peace can be achieved in the region. 这个地区要想实现和平看来很难。 hard difficult. Hard is less formal than difficult and is very common in spoken English 困难的〔不如difficult正式,常见于英语口语〕 The test was really hard. 测验真的很难。 a hard decision 艰难的决定 It was hard to forgive him. 很难原谅他。 tough very difficult, because you have to use a lot of effort, or because it affects you emotionally 艰难的〔因需要很大的努力,或因情感上受影响〕 a tough race 艰苦的竞赛 Doctors have to make tough decisions about who to treat first. 医生必须作出先治疗谁的艰难决定。 nThe team faces some tough competition. nLife is tough sometimes. tricky difficult because it is complicated and full of problems 难对付的 She had helped him out of a tricky situation. 她帮助他脱离了困境。 Merging the two companies was bound to be tricky. 合并两家公司肯定不好办。 awkward rather difficult to deal with – used especially when something could be embarrassing 棘手的〔尤指令人尴尬〕 You’ve put me in a very awkward position. 你让我处于一个非常尴尬的境地。 nIt was getting dark and foggy, which made the rescue even more awkward. challenging difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way 有挑战性的 I wanted a job that was more challenging. 我想要一份更具挑战性的工作。 a challenging piece of music 一首有挑战性的乐曲 demanding difficult and tiring, because it takes a lot of effort 要求高的,费力的 Being a nurse in a busy hospital is a demanding job. 在忙碌的医院当护士是很累人的工作。 nit can be very demanding bringing up young children. daunting if something seems daunting, you think that it will be difficult and you do not feel confident about being able to do it 让人望而生畏的 a daunting challenge 一项令人生畏的挑战 The task seemed a little daunting at first. 任务一开始似乎有点令人望而却步。 delicate needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively, especially in order to avoid offending people or causing problems 微妙的,需要谨慎处理的 COLLOCATIONS CHECKThis is a very delicate subject, and it can be difficult to talk about it with your parents. 这是个很微妙的话题,很难和父母讲。 nHe thanked me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled. difficult question/decision/situation/problem etc hard question/decision/test tough question/decision/job/game/race tricky question/situation/position/moment awkward question/situation/position/moment challenging job demanding work/schedule/course daunting task/challenge/prospect delicate subject/matter/issue Examples from the Corpus difficult• To be a member of more than two or three real teams at the same time is difficult.• Stop being difficult!• When Darren was a little boy, he was very difficult at times.• This is made more difficult by the speed at which new stores are now built.• I'd like to thank the staff for working very hard in these difficult conditions.• Heavy snow will mean difficult driving conditions in some areas.• My mother's illness makes it difficult for her to walk.• The reading exercise was very difficult for most of the children.• a difficult job• Felipe takes me to the coast too but it is a bit difficult now that I can not see.• That's a good question, but it's a difficult one to answer.• Officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they strongly.• In its good fortune, Sears may illustrate several keys to thriving in a difficult retail environment.• Things at home have been very difficult since my father died.• My wife and I have gone through some difficult times.• The difficulty with habits is that they are difficult to change.• It's very difficult to find people who are willing to do the job.• Until now, patients often found it difficult to get information about their rights.• According to industry officials, a new breed of digital phone transmits in computer code that is much more difficult to intercept.• The insects are so small that they are difficult to see without using a microscope.• Being almost the colour of the rocks, the Harpies are difficult to spot before they move.• Campbell has the reputation of being difficult to work with.• More difficult would be patients with a deep seated psychological problem which would require more than three months' treatment. finding it difficult• Adrian was finding it difficult to concentrate.• His long, inexplicable silence had resulted in her feeling such misery that she was finding it difficult to eat or sleep.• The World Bank is finding it difficult to improve its image.• I am finding it difficult to keep up this diary knowing you are away.• He's finding it difficult to picture.• His daughter, however, is still finding it difficult to recover from her traumatic assault in New York.• And with good reason: the signs are that Saatchi is finding it difficult to sell the management consultancy division alone.• But most of them were also finding it difficult to stop smiling. make life/things difficult for somebody• Having to adopt the fast-track method made life difficult for all three.• Cabins were 71 steps down, making life difficult for disabled passengers.• The lack of economic statistics has made life difficult for economists and money managers for the past few weeks.• He made things difficult for her in a way he hadn't done with me.• But it made things difficult for me, at times.• Is the guy trying to make life difficult for music critics, or what?• She is making life difficult for Tommy and himself.• Inside the towns they make life difficult for you. 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