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首页英语词典difficultydifficulty的意思

difficulty

英 ['dɪfɪk(ə)ltɪ] 美['dɪfɪkəlti]

英英释义同义词辨析考试真题实用场景例句

近义词trouble obstacle predicament emergency misfortune obstruction hardship annoyance

反义词

n. 困难，困境

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词态变化

复数: difficulties;

英英释意

1. an effort that is inconvenient;: "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

2. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result;: "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"

3. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome;: "grappling with financial difficulties"

4. the quality of being difficult;: "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

英文词源

difficulty (n.): late 14c., from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultatem (nominative difficultas) "difficulty, distress, poverty," from difficilis "hard," from dis- "not, away from" (see dis-) + facilis "easy" (see facile).

同义词辨析

difficulty, hardship

这两个名词都表示"困难"之意。

difficulty：指需大量思考和技巧或努力才能克服的任何困难。

hardship：侧重指生活上令人难以承受的艰难困苦，如疾病、贫穷等磨难。

考试真题

Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.

Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.

It has difficulty hiring models.

It is a thing of no great difficulty, according to Plutarch, to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

Giving little attention to those having difficulty learning.

Students majoring in liberal arts usually have difficulty securing a job

Many people still have difficulty using them.

Why do large companies have difficulty switching to new markets

Only years later did we understand the trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚机构),the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.

Well, it supposed to start at 6, but that's a bit of problem because people have difficulty getting through the traffic

He has difficulty finishing his project

The man had difficulty understanding the lecture.

He has difficulty making sense of logic

He has difficulty understanding the book.

"It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch," to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."

Students' test-form preferences vary, too, often depending on the subject and course difficulty.

In some cases, colleges and universities might have to change their training programs, adding another layer of difficulty.

Yet we know that difficulty can pay unexpected dividends.

Sometimes it's only when a difficulty is removed that we realise what it was doing for us

Our brains respond better to difficulty than we imagine

The Uses of Difficulty The brain likes a challenge—and putting a few obstacles in its way may well boost its creativity

have difficulty learning to handle the devices

They have greater difficulty getting welfare support.

Does this cause them difficulties when they find themselves in mixed groups?

He has difficulty finding affordable housing.

People sometimes have difficulty identifying people of other races.

They have difficulty surviving.

Stop him when he had difficulty understanding.

In fact, cost sharing could be a very practical solution, especially in times of financial difficulty.

Machines also had difficulty adjusting for people who look a lot alike—either doppelgangers, whom the machine would have trouble identifying as two separate people, or the same person who appeared in different photos at different ages or in different ligh

There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the Net has difficulty disconnecting.

When the children are young, and depend upon the family for financial needs, families with modest incomes have difficulty providing enough life insurance to protect the mother and children.

Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly—see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have with this person.

I read very, very slowly with difficulty.

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson.

It will be solved but with difficulty.

Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again.

Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time of setting your goals.

One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.

People will change their attitude toward you when you are in difficulty.

Pronunciation difficulty for many non-native English speakers.

She had more difficulty keeping focused.

This is what my father has taught me--to always face difficulties and hope for the best.

We should not lose heart in face of difficulties.

Were it not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome her difficulty.

You will surely need to overcome some difficulties, some planned, but most unplanned.

But, the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another, and the sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes.

This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have in completing their homework.

实用场景例句

The changes were made with surprisingly little difficulty.: 这些变化几乎没有遇到阻力，简直不可思议。

He spoke slowly and with great difficulty.: 他话说得很慢，而且很吃力。

We found the house without difficulty .: 我们轻而易举就找到了这栋房子。

They discussed the difficulty of studying abroad.: 他们讨论了到国外学习的困难。

varying levels of difficulty: 不同的难度

questions of increasing difficulty: 难度不断增加的问题

I had no difficulty (in) making myself understood.: 我毫不费力地表达了自己的意思。

I had considerable difficulty (in) persuading her to leave.: 我费了好大的劲说服她离开。

It was a time fraught with difficulties and frustration.: 这是一个充满困难和挫折的时期。

The bank is in difficulty/difficulties .: 这家银行处境困难。

He got into difficulties while swimming and had to be rescued.: 他游泳时遇险，只好靠人营救。

We've run into difficulties/difficulty with the new project.: 我们在这项新工程中遇到了难题。

the difficulties of English syntax: 英语句法的难点

children with severe learning difficulties: 学习上有严重困难的孩子

Do you have difficulty getting up?...: 你能站起来吗？

The injured man mounted his horse with difficulty.: 受伤的男子艰难地上了马。

You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties...: 你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。

Rumours spread about banks being in difficulty.: 有传闻称银行现在处境艰难。

...the difficulty of getting accurate information...: 获取准确信息的难题

The country is facing great economic difficulties.: 该国正面临巨大的经济困难。

Do you apprehend any difficulty?: 你担心会有困难吗 ?

They always helped us on in times of difficulty.: 在我们遇到困难时,他们总是鼓励我们.

When you are in difficulty, you may ask for her help.: 你有困难时, 可以找她帮忙.

The expedition through the jungle was fraught with difficulty and danger.: 穿越森林的探险充满着艰辛和危险.

A way out of the difficulty has not yet to be found.: 摆脱这一困境的方法尚未找到.

Once this difficulty is overcome, other problems will be easy to solve.: 攻下这一关, 其他问题就好办了.