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单词 hard-pressed
释义
hard-pressed
adjective
uk
/ˌhɑːdˈprest/us
/ˌhɑːrdˈprest/
having a lot ofdifficultiesdoing something,especiallybecause there is not enoughtimeormoney:
面临困难的，遭受强大压力的（尤指缺少时间或钱）
Thelatesteducationreformshave putextrapressureonteacherswho are already hard-pressed.最新的教育改革给工作强度已经很大的教师增加了额外的压力。
Because ofshortages, theemergencyserviceswere hard-pressedtodealwith theaccident.由于缺乏人手和设备，紧急救援服务部门处理这起事故时显得捉襟见肘。
Mostpeoplewould be hard-pressed(= wouldfinditdifficult)tonamemore thanhalfadozenmembersof thegovernment.大多数人连6个内阁成员的名字都说不上来。
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(Definition ofhard-pressedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hard-pressed| American Dictionary

hard-pressed
adjective
us/ˈhɑrdˈprest/
(alsohard-put,us/ˈhɑrdˈpʊt/)
experiencinga lot ofdifficulty:
Mostpeoplewould be hard-pressed tonamealltheirelectedofficials.
(Definition ofhard-pressedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

hard-pressed| Business English

hard-pressed
adjective
uk
/ˌhɑːdˈprest/us
experiencinga lot ofdifficulty,especiallybecause there is not enoughtimeormoney:
Michigan's hard-pressedmanufacturingsectorshedanother 2,000jobs.
hard-pressed to do sthTheyreceived$71.50 asharewhen manyanalystshadpredictedthecompanywould be hard-pressed tofindanofferhigherthan $70.
(Definition ofhard-pressedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhard-pressed

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I amhard-pressedto find shortcomings in this book.
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Still, a book of this size would behard-pressedto exhaust the coverage.
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Beyond that, however, one ishard-pressedto find instances where the pattern could be considered a hook.
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I would behard-pressedto identify any that could have been displaced by marquee players.
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Indeed, so entwined are public-interest arguments in the political and governmental structures of advanced democracies that we would behard-pressedto do without them.
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No wonder, then, that itshard-pressedneighbours to the east encouraged vagrants to walk a little further before seeking a bed for the night.
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A note-based method works at the level of trees but ishard-pressedto create a forest, except as a collection of trees.
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Thus, the peninsula ishard-pressedto maintain current log production levels to feed these industries.
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Composers and performers may thus behard-pressedto conform to the methodological requirements of scholarly discourse.
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Thehard-pressedpolice were on the point of using armed force against the hostile mob, which would certainly have resulted in a bloodbath.
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Even with increasing life expectancy, one would behard-pressedto argue that schooling years can increase forever without hitting a mortality constraint.
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By contrast, one would behard-pressedto know where to look for a normative theory of language rights, whether liberal, communitarian, postcolonial, or otherwise.
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It could be argued that the 'daring experiment' was simply an instance of ahard-pressedcouncil responding to a crisis.
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In reality, social workers arehard-pressedand have limited budgets.
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It may seem like merely a convenient and less time-consuming expedient for the busy,hard-pressedcomposer.
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