| 单词 | it is difficult to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is difficult to b. Of an action, undertaking, practice, etc.: requiring much effort or skill to do, carry out, or accomplish. Frequently with anticipatory it, often with to-infinitive, as it is difficult to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B Things difficult [they] haue made facil. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 45 Good beginnings in all great matters are alwaies the difficultest part of them. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 149 Necromancers..their arte is exceeding difficult. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 19v How difficult a thing it is, to love, and to be wise, and both at once. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 326 The greatest and difficultest Changes. 1677 A. Marvell Let. 3 Feb. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 291 It is much difficulter for you to haue obtain'd an Injunction, then to retaine it. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋14 Virtue is sufficiently difficult with any circumstances. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 10 [Their] difficult solubility in water. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 1 It is difficult to imagine a more universal disaster. 1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) ix. 195 Generosity to an equal is more difficult than generosity to an inferior. 1907 R. T. Taylor Orthopaedic Surg. ii. 23 Much has been written and said about the supposed difficult task of cutting off a plaster cast. 1954 Times 24 July 7/6 Umpires, who..take on a difficult job for which there is no tangible reward for perfection. 1969 M. Pugh Last Place Left xxvii. 194 It was difficult recruiting men. 2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Jan. a11/1 It's very difficult to grow an economy with a shrinking population. < as lemmas |
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