dif·fi·cult
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
Idioms - not easy; needing effort or skill to do or to understand
困难的；费力的；难做的；难解的 - The competition judges were given a very difficult task.
比赛评委们面临着一项非常艰巨的任务。 - a difficult decision/question
一个困难的决定/问题 - difficult for somebody Asking for help is extremely difficult for some people.
对有的人来说，求人帮忙是极为困难的事。 - it is difficult to do something It's really difficult to read your writing.
你的笔迹真是难以辨认。 - something is difficult to do Your writing is really difficult to read.
你的笔迹真是难以辨认。 - It is difficult to imagine a woman in the 1950s behaving like this.
很难想象 20 世纪 50 年代的女性会有这样的行为。 - She finds it very difficult to get up early.
她觉得很难早起。 - it is difficult for somebody to do something It's difficult for them to get here much before seven.
他们很难在七点以前早早地来到这里。 - It has become increasingly difficult for young people to buy a house.
年轻人买房变得越来越困难。
Synonyms difficultdifficulthard ▪ challenging ▪ demanding ▪ taxingThese words all describe something that is not easy and requires a lot of effort or skill to do.difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or to understand:- The exam questions were quite difficult.
考题相当难。 - It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.
年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。
- I always found languages quite hard at school.
在学校读书时我总觉得语言很难学。 - It was one of the hardest things I ever did.
这是我做过的最难的事情之一。
- It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.
演奏这一段音乐需要有很高的技艺。
- This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.
这对你来说不至于太费劲。
- difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing for somebody
- difficult/hard to do something
- physically difficult/hard/challenging/demanding/taxing
- technically difficult/challenging/demanding
- mentally/intellectually challenging/demanding/taxing
Extra Examples- It is getting more and more difficult to find a job.
找工作越来越难了。 - The fog made driving very difficult.
大雾使得开车很困难。 - He finds French pronunciation quite difficult.
他发现法语发音相当困难。 - Finding an acceptable solution proved more difficult.
事实证明，找到一个可接受的解决方案更加困难。 - I was given the difficult task of informing the girl's parents of her disappearance.
我接到了一项艰巨的任务：通知女孩的父母她失踪了。 - Senior lawyers handle the most difficult cases.
资深律师负责处理最棘手的案子。 - She is confronted with a difficult choice.
她面临着一个艰难的选择。 - The design of the building posed some difficult challenges.
建筑的设计提出了一些困难的挑战。 - The exam questions were particularly difficult.
考试题目特别难。 - We didn't realize how difficult it was going to be.
我们当时并没有意识到这将会有多难。 - The application process is notoriously difficult.
众所周知，申请过程非常困难。 - It is difficult to understand who this book is aimed at.
很难理解这本书的目标读者是谁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- prove
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- The competition judges were given a very difficult task.
- full of problems; causing a lot of trouble
问题很多的；充满艰难困苦的；麻烦的 - I found myself in a difficult situation.
我发现自己处境艰难。 - difficult conditions/circumstances
困境 - I'd had a difficult time and needed a break.
我度过了一段艰难的时期，需要休息一下。 - a difficult year/month
困难的一年/月 - My boss is making life very difficult for me.
我的老板总是给我找麻烦。 - 13 is a difficult age.
13 岁是个容易出问题的年龄。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurea1, Personal qualitiesa1- They had to set up camp in extremely difficult conditions.
他们不得不在极其困难的条件下扎营。 - His presence there put me in a very difficult position.
他的存在使我处于一个非常困难的境地。 - The next few months were quite difficult.
随后几个月出现了很多问题。 - These are difficult and painful memories.
这些都是艰难而痛苦的回忆。 - Her childhood was incredibly difficult.
她的童年过得异常艰难。 - Change is difficult for everyone.
改变对每个人来说都是困难的。 - The challenge of vaccinating the entire adult population is made doubly difficult by misinformation.
错误信息使给全体成年人接种疫苗的挑战变得更加困难。 - What's the most difficult personal situation you've ever been in?
你所经历过的最麻烦的个人困境是什么？ - There was a great deal of difficult terrain to be covered.
要穿越许多难以通过的地带。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- prove
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- I found myself in a difficult situation.
- (of people) not easy to please; not helpful
难以讨好的；难以取悦的；不愿帮助的 - a difficult child/customer/boss
难哄的孩子；难对付的顾客；难讨好的老板 - Don't pay any attention to her—she's just being difficult.
别理她，她不过是在故意刁难。 - The singer has a difficult reputation.
这位歌手的名声不好。
Extra Examples- Roger was always a difficult child.
罗杰一直是个难相处的孩子。 - We have training in how to deal with difficult customers.
我们有培训课教大家如何对付难缠的顾客。 - In every workplace there's always someone you find difficult.
在每个工作场所，总有一些人让你觉得很难相处。 - Stop being so difficult.
别再这么难了。
- a difficult child/customer/boss
Word Originlate Middle English: back-formation from difficulty.
Idioms
have a (hard/difficult) job doing/to do something
- to have difficulty doing something
干某事很困难（或很吃力、很费力） - You'll have a job convincing them that you're right.
要让他们信服你是对的还要费点劲。 - He had a hard job to make himself heard.
他好不容易才使别人听见他的声音。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2- He'll have a tough job getting the team into shape in time.
他将很难让球队及时恢复状态。 - It's very dark out there, you'll have a job to see anything.
外面很黑，你得有工作才能看到任何东西。
- You'll have a job convincing them that you're right.