| 释义 |
be hard put (to it) [usually with infinitive] Find it very difficult: you’ll be hard put to find a better compromise...- Angry Christmas shoppers were hard put to find a space to park and ended up using every nook and cranny in the town centre to park their cars.
- Children from a number of schools turned up in large numbers, and the volunteers were hard put to regulate the enthusiastic visitors.
- In the second world war, the shortage of paper meant that publishers were hard put to stay in business.
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