英语词汇“to be hard put to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. transitive (in passive). To be placed in difficulty or hardship; to find it difficult or awkward to do something. Now chiefly in to be hard put to: = to be hard put to it at Phrases 2b.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty

to be hard put to1631

to have a job1832

1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian vi. 90 Hope I had, with such two noble Greekes, (Though hard put-to, as I) to finde some ease.

1693 T. Shadwell Volunteers iii. i. 28 There's one thing [sc. ice] we shall be miserably put to for, have you no way to come at it.

1694 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Search after Truth ii. 184 A thing which the greatest Divines are hard put to, to explain.

1791 J. Woodforde Diary 8 Aug. (1927) III. 291 We were rather put to for a Dinner in so short a time.

1803 Pic Nic No. 6. 6 He is,..like myself, hard put to at times for a little money.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iv. 54 We must needs be put-to for want of a wholesome crust.

1924 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 111 204/1 The production would reach almost unbelievable figures and the world would be hard put to for fuel.

1961 Times 18 Oct. 15/4 They..are the product of the world at large and would be hard put to to enunciate a consistent moral philosophy.

2000 J. S. Jones Welsh Boys Too 34 Gethin was hard put to to detect an ill-formed mutation or a confused gender; Mr Bateman spoke better Welsh than many native speakers.

单词	to be hard put to
释义	> as lemmas to be hard put to 5. transitive (in passive). To be placed in difficulty or hardship; to find it difficult or awkward to do something. Now chiefly in to be hard put to: = to be hard put to it at Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty to be hard put to1631 to have a job1832 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian vi. 90 Hope I had, with such two noble Greekes, (Though hard put-to, as I) to finde some ease. 1693 T. Shadwell Volunteers iii. i. 28 There's one thing [sc. ice] we shall be miserably put to for, have you no way to come at it. 1694 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Search after Truth ii. 184 A thing which the greatest Divines are hard put to, to explain. 1791 J. Woodforde Diary 8 Aug. (1927) III. 291 We were rather put to for a Dinner in so short a time. 1803 Pic Nic No. 6. 6 He is,..like myself, hard put to at times for a little money. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iv. 54 We must needs be put-to for want of a wholesome crust. 1924 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 111 204/1 The production would reach almost unbelievable figures and the world would be hard put to for fuel. 1961 Times 18 Oct. 15/4 They..are the product of the world at large and would be hard put to to enunciate a consistent moral philosophy. 2000 J. S. Jones Welsh Boys Too 34 Gethin was hard put to to detect an ill-formed mutation or a confused gender; Mr Bateman spoke better Welsh than many native speakers. extracted from putv. < as lemmas
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