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difficultly (adv.)
词根:difficult
n.difficulty 困难,困境
Adjective
1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;
"a difficult task"
"nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"
"difficult times"
"a difficult child"
"found himself in a difficult situation"
"why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
2. requiring much effort and trouble;
"the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"
difficult problem难题;难问题
difficult point难点
difficult thing困难的事;难事
difficult of access(某地)难进入;(某人)难接近,不容易接近,难接近
difficult choice艰难的选择
difficult ground问题地区;特殊土地区;非凡土地区
这组词都有“困难”的意思,其区别是:
difficult比hard较为正式,侧重需要特别的能力、智力、判断力、技巧或勇气才能克服障碍。也可指深奥或抽象的难题。
hard含义广,通俗用词,与easy相对,泛指任何难理解,不好处理或不易做的事。
以上来源于网络
约于1400年,指“不容易的,需要或依赖努力的; 麻烦的,艰巨的”,显然是一个非词源学的反构词,源自 difficulty。法语中有 difficile,拉丁语中有 difficilis。关于人,“难以取悦”的用法始于1580年代。相关词汇: Difficultly。
Middle English, probably back-formation from difficulte difficulty
The first known use of difficult was in the 14th century
diffidentadjective
lacking confidence : timid
reserved sense 1, unassertive
difficultynoun
difficult nature
the difficulty of a task
great effort
walked with difficulty
something that is hard to do : obstacle
overcome difficulties
a difficult or trying situation : trouble
in financial difficulties
a disagreement in opinion
we ironed out our difficulties
difficultynoun
difficult nature
the difficulty of a task
great effort
walked with difficulty
something that is hard to do : obstacle
overcome difficulties
a difficult or trying situation : trouble
in financial difficulties
a disagreement in opinion
we ironed out our difficulties
difficultadjective
hard to do, make, or carry out
a difficult climb
hard to deal with, manage, or overcome
a difficult child
hard to understand : puzzling
difficult reading
1 She knew she’d taken a more difficult path—but it was better than fighting off all the competitors taking the easy route.
2 Learning the basics of child rearing is difficult at any time.
3 Tremors go through my body now that I am close, making it difficult to walk.
4 When the two teams finally took the field—all wearing long pants despite the heat—and play began, it became difficult to follow the ball in the clouds of dust kicked up by the players.
5 She is just being difficult.
她正在闹别扭呢。
6 But with the war still raging, it was very difficult to make the arrangements.
7 “Maybe even more difficult than for a chubby five-year-old.”
8 They had been so difficult to control in the beginning; they had taken so much from Josiah.
9 Mrs. Bradley knew people had a difficult time saying nice things to each other, so she devised a way for us to anonymously say what we felt.
10 The quest for gold was difficult.
寻找金矿是很困难的。
11 Preparations for Hardtack proceeded in a frenzy made more difficult by the unpredictable spring weather at Eniwetok.
12 Beside her the huntress was relaxed and calm, encouraging her without treating her like a child, and Ash found that it wasn’t so difficult to talk to her, after all.
13 The western side of each ridge was steep and difficult, but the eastward slopes were gentler, furrowed with many gullies and narrow ravines.
14 Mrs. Brook is back from visiting her difficult sister and the babies who are finally born now.
15 What she found most difficult was talking about a personal experience for five minutes.
16 Malcolm had never found it so difficult to move; every muscle quivered.
17 It is difficult to imagine a rabbit plodding steadily on: they are not built for it.
18 "It is the responsibility of your adversary to see that he strikes this, and not your gut. Of course, in Nick's case, it may be difficult to avoid."
19 It's more difficult than it sounds.
20 They know this place is hell, and they’ll want the Trials to be as difficult as possible.
1 顽固的
tough stiff sticky persistent rigid stubborn bullish rebellious heady crusty tenacious impenetrable bigot spiky deep-seated obstinate dogged hard-nosed wrong-headed hard-headed obdurate hard-shell stiff-necked mulish unbending pig-headed pertinacious indurate blockish hard-set hard-mouthed standpat impenitent
2 难懂的
hard involved profound obscure incomprehensible indecipherable crabbed tenebrous hard going complex complicated dense opaque esoteric indigestible elusive inaccessible abstruse tenebrious curious intricate cramp cramped recondite
4 不愿合作的
5 困难
mean hard nice tight painful uncomfortable stiff sticky uphill hairy troublesome laborious thorny pinched spiny knotted labored knobby laborsome arduously stickily troublesomely matter pressure trouble difficulty mess involvement rub Jam pinch hurdle pickle strait handicap hardness kink toughen in difficulties hot water boiling water bad tough dodgy knotty ill hassle inconvenience perplexity heavy going tricky trial complication trickiness abstract awkward rocky complicate arduous trying scabrous hydra-headed question scrape toil gaff toils dys warm rum parlous dys- aggro knot ado squall a hard case spanner in the works testing fierce elusive shitty unenviable problem hardship snag to-do pothole woes at a push the rub short gnarly bother woe pitfall catastrophe strife poser rough fancy laboured odds reversal tribulation eina heavy involved severe uneasy worrisome man-size difficile rubber necessity grief discomfort plunge privation dickens man sized uneath terrible fiddly untoward fiddling dure trappy need penalty distress bunker rigor hump jackpot hobble hang-up morass embog deep water with difficulty
6 不友好的
cool remote funny sour hostile icy chilly brittle abrasive horrid unfriendly offhand wintry surly gruff haughty unapproachable churlish offish meanly
8 执拗的
self-opinioned urgent sour perverse tenacious dour obdurate self-willed self-opinionated contrary mulish cussed stiff crusty refractory bigot crabby crabbed balky cobby self-will bullet-headed thrawart missionary thwart rusty willful intractable obstinate unrepentant recalcitrant ornery unregenerate thrawn pertinacious stouthearted contrarious uncomplying
9 艰难的
rough stiff rugged uphill hairy hard bad hot tough bitter laborious torrid severe rum arduous like pulling teeth mountainous taxing strait trying
11 难对付的
sticky tricky rebellious intractable devilish fractious ticklish froward heavy going awkward stubborn formidable
13 顽固
tough stiff sticky persistent rigid stubborn bullish rebellious heady crusty tenacious impenetrable bigot spiky deep-seated obstinate dogged hard-nosed wrong-headed hard-headed obdurate hard-shell stiff-necked mulish unbending pig-headed pertinacious indurate blockish hard-set hard-mouthed standpat refractorily frozen crustily stick-to-itiveness rabidity rabidness obstinateness bilboism persistence rigidity bigotry tenacity obstinacy persistency impenitent induration pertinacity obduracy petrifaction crustiness impenitence toughen rigidify harden petrify ossify
14 难以接近的
15 费力
pick-and-shovel robust stiff uphill diligent sweaty strenuous taxing arduous exacting toilsome laboured painfully painstakingly laboriously pain trouble ado exertion task with nose at the grindstone with nose to the grindstone take the trouble hard Herculean be a faff take some doing heavy ambitious demanding onerous hard going take a lot of doing take some lot of doing
16 难于取悦的
17 成问题的
19 难懂
complex complicated dense opaque esoteric incomprehensible indigestible indecipherable incomprehensibly opacity elusive inaccessible abstruse confuse
22 麻烦
troublous tight painful lively inconvenient pesky onerous spiny untoward niggling lumbersome woe aggro shtook trial trouble bother hassle grief distract a devil of uncomfortable thorny performance mess upset headache inconvenience snag strife palaver ail
24 执拗
self-opinioned urgent sour perverse tenacious dour obdurate self-willed self-opinionated contrarily contrariwise crossly pertinaciously cussedly stick-to-it-iveness urgency obduracy cussedness self-will contrary stiff crusty refractory bigot crabby crabbed balky mulish cobby bullet-headed refractorily crustily obstinateness bigotry pertinacity crustiness perseveration threap thrawart missionary thwart rusty willful intractable obstinate unrepentant recalcitrant ornery unregenerate thrawn cussed pertinacious stouthearted contrarious uncomplying
25 费力的
pick-and-shovel robust stiff uphill diligent sweaty strenuous taxing arduous exacting toilsome laboured hard Herculean heavy ambitious demanding onerous
26 艰难
hard bad hot tough rough bitter stiff laborious torrid painfully hardship toughness severe rugged rum uphill arduous pressure difficulty necessity tribulation morass exaction stiffness like pulling teeth mountainous taxing inhibit strait trying trouble furnace ado privation
27 复杂
complex sophisticated elaborate convoluted ditzy involuted maze complicate involve tangle sophisticate
29 棘手的
nice tender delicate sticky awkward messy thorny touchy spiny untoward scabrous kittle cross-grained
33 困难的
mean hard nice tight painful uncomfortable stiff sticky uphill hairy troublesome laborious thorny pinched spiny knotted labored knobby laborsome bad tough dodgy knotty heavy going gnarly awkward arduous trying onerous vexed laboured operose dys- tricky abstract rocky complicate scabrous hydra-headed warm rum parlous testing fierce elusive shitty unenviable rough fancy heavy involved severe uneasy worrisome ill man-size difficile man sized uneath terrible strait fiddly untoward fiddling dure trappy
34 不友好
cool remote funny sour hostile icy chilly brittle abrasive horrid unfriendly offhand wintry surly gruff haughty unapproachable churlish offish coolly meanly hostility meanness alienate on the outs
35 难以取悦的
37 不容易
38 成问题
39 麻烦的
troublous tight painful lively inconvenient pesky onerous spiny untoward niggling lumbersome distract a devil of uncomfortable thorny
40 难解的
41 人
human anthropo- wight bloke BOD geezer one people man person body head face individual party stick egg bird soul boot self mouth being cookie inspiration creature vessel devil humanity worthy mortal Dick joker critter cuss personage bimbo newsman HE same -er -or
42 制造麻烦
43 拮据的