He was hardput to it to explain her disappearance.
他很难对她的消失作出解释。
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This leaves inspectors hardput to raise new questions when new information comes to hand.
这让检查人员在掌握了新信息之后很难提出新的问题。
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Of all subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hardput to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.