difficult 词态变化
比较级: more difficult;最高级: the most difficult;
difficult 中文词源
difficult 困难的dis-, 不，非。facile, 简单的，好做的，词源同fact, efficient. 即不好做的，困难的。
difficult 英文词源
- difficult
- difficult: [14] Difficult means literally ‘not easy’. It is a back-formation from difficulty [14], which was borrowed from Latin difficultās. This was a derivative of the adjective difficilis (source of French difficile), which was a compound formed from the prefix dis- ‘not’ and facilis ‘easy’ (whence English facile [15]).
=> facile - difficult (adj.)
- c. 1400, apparently a back-formation from difficulty. French has difficile, Latin difficilis. Of persons, "hard to please," from 1580s.
difficult 英文释义
- 1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;
- "a difficult task"
- "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"
- "difficult times"
- "a difficult child"
- "found himself in a difficult situation"
- "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
- 2. requiring much effort and trouble;
- "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"
difficult 同义词解析
difficult, hard
这两个形容词均有"困难"之意。
difficult比hard较为正式，侧重需要特别的能力、智力、判断力、技巧或勇气才能克服障碍。也可指深奥或抽象的难题。
hard： 含义广，通俗用词，与easy相对，泛指任何难理解，不好处理或不易做的事。
difficult 双语例句
- 1. He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.
- 他为人刻薄、难相处是出了名的。
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- 2. I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.
- 我大致了解情况会有多困难。
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- 3. It would be difficult to find two men who were more dissimilar.
- 很难找到彼此间差异更大的人了。
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- 4. There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods.
- 没有汽油，因此很难运输货物。
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- 5. Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.
- 大人需要过他们自己的生活，但有了孩子就很难做到了。
来自柯林斯例句
difficult 实用场景例句
- My boss is making life very difficult for me.
- 我的老板总是给我找麻烦。
牛津词典
- 13 is a difficult age.
- 13岁是个容易出问题的年龄。
牛津词典
- a difficult child/customer/boss
- 难哄的孩子；难对付的顾客；难讨好的老板
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- Don't pay any attention to her─she's just being difficult.
- 别理她——她是在故意刁难。
牛津词典
- to be in a difficult position/situation
- 处于困境
牛津词典
- She finds it very difficult to get up early.
- 她觉得很难早起。
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- Your writing is really difficult to read.
- 你的笔迹真是难以辨认。
牛津词典
- a difficult problem/task/exam
- 难题；艰巨的任务；很难的考试
牛津词典
- It's difficult for them to get here much before seven.
- 他们很难在7点以前早早地来到这里。
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- It's really difficult to read your writing.
- 你的笔迹真是难以辨认。
牛津词典
- I had a feeling you were going to be difficult about this.
- 我有种感觉：你会在这件事上找别扭。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The lack of childcare provisions made it difficult for single mothers to get jobs...
- 由于缺乏保育服务，单身母亲很难找到工作。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Hobart found it difficult to get her first book published...
- 霍巴特发现要出版自己的第一本书很不容易。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.
- 适应另一国家的生活可能会非常困难.
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- It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.
- 遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难.
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- It is difficult to relate his argument to the facts.
- 很难把他的论证同事实联系起来.
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- Established practices are difficult to modify.
- 既定的惯例是很难更改的.
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- It was more difficult to make our way up the mountain in pitch darkness.
- 昏天黑地的,山路更不好走.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He didn't purposely make things difficult for you.
- 他可不是有心难为你.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He looked so funny that I found it difficult to keep my countenance.
- 他的样子非常滑稽,我难以忍住不笑.
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- It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.
- 很难不伤害她脆弱的情感.
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- The files are difficult for you to get at.
- 档案你是难以看到的.
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