difficulty

英 [ˈdɪfɪkəlti]

美 [ˈdɪfɪkəlti]

n.  困难; 难题; 难事; 困境; 艰难; 费劲; 辛苦; 困难程度; 难度

复数：difficulties　

中考高考CET4考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.760 / COCA.1686

同义词辨析

dilemmadifficultytrouble【导航词义：困境】

牛津词典

noun

• 困难；难题；难事；困境
  a problem; a thing or situation that causes problems
  1. the difficulties of English syntax
     英语句法的难点
  2. children with severe learning difficulties
     学习上有严重困难的孩子
  3. We've run into difficulties/difficulty with the new project.
     我们在这项新工程中遇到了难题。
  4. He got into difficulties while swimming and had to be rescued.
     他游泳时遇险，只好靠人营救。
  5. The bank is in difficulty/difficulties .
     这家银行处境困难。
  6. It was a time fraught with difficulties and frustration.
     这是一个充满困难和挫折的时期。
• 艰难；困难；费劲；辛苦
  the state or quality of being hard to do or to understand; the effort that sth involves
  1. I had considerable difficulty (in) persuading her to leave.
     我费了好大的劲说服她离开。
  2. I had no difficulty (in) making myself understood.
     我毫不费力地表达了自己的意思。
  3. 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。
  4. He spoke slowly and with great difficulty.
     他话说得很慢，而且很吃力。
  5. We found the house without difficulty .
     我们轻而易举就找到了这栋房子。
  6. They discussed the difficulty of studying abroad.
     他们讨论了到国外学习的困难。
• 困难程度；难度
  how hard sth is
  1. varying levels of difficulty
     不同的难度
  2. questions of increasing difficulty
     难度不断增加的问题

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 难题;难事
  Adifficultyis a problem.
  1. ...the difficulty of getting accurate information...
     获取准确信息的难题
  2. The country is facing great economic difficulties.
     该国正面临巨大的经济困难。
• N-UNCOUNT 困难;艰难
  If you havedifficultydoing something, you are not able to do it easily.
  1. Do you have difficulty getting up?...
     你能站起来吗？
  2. The injured man mounted his horse with difficulty.
     受伤的男子艰难地上了马。
• PHRASE 遭遇困难;身处困境
  If you arein difficultyorin difficulties, you are having a lot of problems.
  1. 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。
  2. Rumours spread about banks being in difficulty.
     有传闻称银行现在处境艰难。

英英释义

noun

• an effort that is inconvenient
  1. I went to a lot of trouble
  2. he won without any trouble
  3. had difficulty walking
  4. finished the test only with great difficulty
  Synonym:trouble
• the quality of being difficult
  1. they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
  Synonym:difficultness
• a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
  1. serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
• a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
  1. grappling with financial difficulties

双语例句

• He was going red in the face and breathing with difficulty
  他涨红了脸，费力地喘着气。
• Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
  多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。
• We should help the friends in difficulty [ trouble].
  我们应该帮助处于困境的朋友。
• The country is facing great economic difficulties.
  该国正面临巨大的经济困难。
• None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement
  我们谁都不应该低估女性在事业发展过程中所面临的困难程度。
• With difficulty he released the mattress from the metal frame, and groped beneath it
  他费了很大力气才把床垫从金属架上移开，然后在下面摸索。
• We can overcome any difficulty, however great.
  不管多大困难，我们都能克服。
• As your income increases you will find less difficulty in finding the money to meet your monthly repayments.
  随着收入的增加，你会发现筹钱支付每月的还款没那么难了。
• You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids
  你可能会注意到她吞咽有困难。要是这样的话，让她多吃流食。
• The first difficulty is that, old-fashioned or not, it is very good.
  首要的难题是，过时也好，不过时也罢，它很不错。