difficulty

n.困难; 难题; 难事; 困境; 艰难; 费劲; 辛苦; 困难程度; 难度

复数：difficulties

牛津词典

noun

困难；难题；难事；困境a problem; a thing or situation that causes problems

the difficulties of English syntax英语句法的难点

children with severe learning difficulties学习上有严重困难的孩子

We've run into difficulties/difficulty with the new project.我们在这项新工程中遇到了难题。

He got into difficulties while swimming and had to be rescued.他游泳时遇险，只好靠人营救。

The bank is in difficulty/difficulties .这家银行处境困难。

It was a time fraught with difficulties and frustration.这是一个充满困难和挫折的时期。

艰难；困难；费劲；辛苦the state or quality of being hard to do or to understand; the effort that sth involves

I had considerable difficulty (in) persuading her to leave.我费了好大的劲说服她离开。

I had no difficulty (in) making myself understood.我毫不费力地表达了自己的意思。

The changes were made with surprisingly little difficulty.这些变化几乎没有遇到阻力，简直不可思议。

He spoke slowly and with great difficulty.他话说得很慢，而且很吃力。

We found the house without difficulty .我们轻而易举就找到了这栋房子。

They discussed the difficulty of studying abroad.他们讨论了到国外学习的困难。

困难程度；难度how hard sth is

varying levels of difficulty不同的难度

questions of increasing difficulty难度不断增加的问题

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 难题;难事A difficulty is a problem....the difficulty of getting accurate information...获取准确信息的难题

The country is facing great economic difficulties.该国正面临巨大的经济困难。

N-UNCOUNT 困难;艰难If you have difficulty doing something, you are not able to do it easily.Do you have difficulty getting up?...你能站起来吗？

The injured man mounted his horse with difficulty.受伤的男子艰难地上了马。

PHRASE 遭遇困难;身处困境If you are in difficulty or in difficulties, you are having a lot of problems.You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties...你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。

Rumours spread about banks being in difficulty.有传闻称银行现在处境艰难。

双语例句

Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius. 多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

Many men still have difficulty accepting a woman as a business partner 许多男性仍然无法接受女性商业伙伴。

They had faced one difficulty after another with bravery and dedication 他们以无畏和无私奉献的精神迎接了一个又一个的困难。

You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids 你可能会注意到她吞咽有困难。要是这样的话，让她多吃流食。

The country is facing great economic difficulties. 该国正面临巨大的经济困难。

Do you have difficulty getting up? 你能站起来吗？

The injured man mounted his horse with difficulty. 受伤的男子艰难地上了马。

You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties 你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。

Rumours spread about banks being in difficulty. 有传闻称银行现在处境艰难。

He was going red in the face and breathing with difficulty 他涨红了脸，费力地喘着气。

Young children have difficulty grasping the finality of death 小孩子很难理解死亡的不可改变性。

I had some difficulty at first recalling why we were there. 刚开始回想我们为什么会在那儿时我有些费劲。

With difficulty he released the mattress from the metal frame, and groped beneath it 他费了很大力气才把床垫从金属架上移开，然后在下面摸索。

Aron couldn't speak Polish. I made myself understood with difficulty 阿伦不会说波兰语，我为了让他明白我的话很是费了一番力气。

As your income increases you will find less difficulty in finding the money to meet your monthly repayments. 随着收入的增加，你会发现筹钱支付每月的还款没那么难了。

The first difficulty is that, old-fashioned or not, it is very good. 首要的难题是，过时也好，不过时也罢，它很不错。

Something gave me the strength to overcome the difficulty 有些事给了我克服困难的勇气。

None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement 我们谁都不应该低估女性在事业发展过程中所面临的困难程度。

We can overcome any difficulty, however great. 不管多大困难，我们都能克服。

We can't remain indifferent when any comrade is in difficulty. 同志们有困难我们不能不闻不问。

We can overcome any difficulty. 我们能战胜任何困难。

With such drive, there's no difficulty that they can't overcome. 冲他们这股子干劲儿，没有克服不了的困难。

We should help the friends in difficulty [ trouble]. 我们应该帮助处于困境的朋友。

Do you have [ find] any difficulty in understanding spoken English? 你听懂英语有困难吗？

In case of difficulty, just call on me. 如有困难，找我好了。

It goes without saying that we should help a comrade in difficulty. 同志有困难当然要帮助。

As long as we are united, There is no difficulty we cannot overcome. 只要大伙儿拧成一股绳，没有克服不了的困难。

Once this difficulty is overcome, other problems will be easy to solve. 攻下这一关，其他问题就好办了。

A way out of the difficulty has not yet to be found. 摆脱这一困境的方法尚未找到。

Go to your teacher for help if you are in any difficulty. 你如有困难，可求助于老师。

同义词辨析

dilemmadifficultytrouble【导航词义：困境】

dilemma n. 困境

〔辨析〕指进退两难、难以抉择的境地。

〔例证〕He was in a dilemma about the party invitation.对于是否应邀参加聚会他左右为难。She is faced with the dilemma of choosing between marriage and studying abroad.她正面临着选择结婚还是出国留学的两难境地。

difficulty n. 困境

〔辨析〕指遇到困难的情况。

〔例证〕The government has decided to provide help to companies with financial difficulties.***决定给经济上遇到困难的公司提供帮助。His business has faced difficulty with debt.他的公司因债务问题已面临困境。

trouble n. 困境；险境

〔辨析〕指可能招致批评或惩罚的困难或危险处境。

〔例证〕She helped him out of trouble.她帮助他摆脱了困境。A barge got into trouble off the coast of Africa.一艘驳船在非洲沿海遇险。

英英释义

noun

an effort that is inconvenient

I went to a lot of trouble

he won without any trouble

had difficulty walking

finished the test only with great difficulty

Synonym:trouble

the quality of being difficult

they agreed about the difficulty of the climb

Synonym:difficultness

a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent

a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

grappling with financial difficulties