英语词汇“difficulty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

difficulty

/ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti

noun (plural difficulties) [mass noun]

1The state or condition of being difficult: Guy had no difficulty in making friends I managed with difficulty to struggle upright...

The lack of air in a birth chart can indicate difficulty in the expression of that person.
Monet's desire to become a painter was something his father accepted with difficulty.
No wonder we have such difficulty in getting really good candidates to stand.

Synonyms

strain, struggling, awkwardness, trouble, toil, labour, laboriousness, strenuousness, arduousness;

pains, problems, trials and tribulations

informal hassle, stress

literary dolour, travails

complexity, complicatedness, intricacy, perplexity, knottiness, awkwardness;

difficultness, trickiness, hardness;

obscurity, abstruseness

1.1 [count noun] A thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand: there is a practical difficulty a club with financial difficulties...

In addition, some firms encounter difficulties in understanding the new rules of the game.
I have the professional experience that allows me to understand his difficulties.
School was very hard for me but doing sports helped me deal with the difficulties of it.

Synonyms

problem, complication, issue, disadvantage, snag, hitch, drawback, pitfall, handicap, impediment, hindrance, obstacle, hurdle, stumbling block, obstruction, barrier

informal fly in the ointment, prob, headache, hiccup, facer

British informal spanner in the works

North American informal monkey wrench in the works

dated cumber

literary trammel

1.2 (difficulties) A situation that is difficult or dangerous: they went for a swim but got into difficulties...

In two separate incidents, two divers got into difficulties in Scapa Flow on Sunday.
He had got into difficulties in the Atlantis outdoor swimming pool on Sunday afternoon.
It is thought one of the men may have fallen in, and then the other went to try to help and also got into difficulties.

Synonyms

trouble, distress, crisis, hardship;

adversity, extremity, need;

hard times, dire straits;

predicament, quandary, dilemma, plight

informal hot water, deep water, a fix, a jam, a spot, a scrape, a stew, a hole, a pickle

Origin

Late Middle English (in the senses 'requiring effort or skill' and 'something difficult'): from Latin difficultas, from dis- (expressing reversal) + facultas 'ability, opportunity'.

单词	difficulty
释义	difficulty /ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti / noun (plural difficulties) [mass noun] 1The state or condition of being difficult: Guy had no difficulty in* making friends* I managed with difficulty* to struggle upright... The lack of air in a birth chart can indicate difficulty in the expression of that person. Monet's desire to become a painter was something his father accepted with difficulty. No wonder we have such difficulty in getting really good candidates to stand. Synonyms strain, struggling, awkwardness, trouble, toil, labour, laboriousness, strenuousness, arduousness; pains, problems, trials and tribulations informal* hassle, stress literary dolour, travails complexity, complicatedness, intricacy, perplexity, knottiness, awkwardness; difficultness, trickiness, hardness; obscurity, abstruseness 1.1 [count noun] A thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand: there is a practical difficulty a club with financial difficulties... In addition, some firms encounter difficulties in understanding the new rules of the game. I have the professional experience that allows me to understand his difficulties. School was very hard for me but doing sports helped me deal with the difficulties of it. Synonyms problem, complication, issue, disadvantage, snag, hitch, drawback, pitfall, handicap, impediment, hindrance, obstacle, hurdle, stumbling block, obstruction, barrier informal fly in the ointment, prob, headache, hiccup, facer British informal spanner in the works North American informal monkey wrench in the works dated cumber literary trammel 1.2 (difficulties) A situation that is difficult or dangerous: they went for a swim but got into difficulties... In two separate incidents, two divers got into difficulties in Scapa Flow on Sunday. He had got into difficulties in the Atlantis outdoor swimming pool on Sunday afternoon. It is thought one of the men may have fallen in, and then the other went to try to help and also got into difficulties. Synonyms trouble, distress, crisis, hardship; adversity, extremity, need; hard times, dire straits; predicament, quandary, dilemma, plight informal hot water, deep water, a fix, a jam, a spot, a scrape, a stew, a hole, a pickle Origin Late Middle English (in the senses 'requiring effort or skill' and 'something difficult'): from Latin difficultas, from dis- (expressing reversal) + facultas 'ability, opportunity'.
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