difficult
读音：['difikəlt]
adj.困难的, 艰难的, (人)难对付的, 不易相处的
例句与用法：
The quest for gold was difficult.
寻找金矿是很困难的。
So far as English is concerned, it is not so difficult as you might think.
就英文而言，它并不像你所认为的那样难。
The child is going through a difficult phase.
那孩子正经历困难的阶段。
It's difficult to recruit teachers of quality.
要聘请到素质好的老师是很困难的。
I think he conducted himself admirably, considering the difficult circumstances.
考虑到那种困难的情况，我认为他的表现令人钦佩。
It was difficult for us to decide which road to take.
对我们来说，很难决定走哪一条路。
He found it difficult to stop smoking.
他觉得戒烟是件难事。
She is just being difficult.
她正在闹别扭呢。
词形变化：
副词: difficultly |
a.
1. (指任务)需要精力或技术的; 困难的[+to-v]
It's very difficult to swim across the Yangtze River.
游过长江很难。
Mathematics is difficult for some students.
有些学生觉得数学困难。
2. 难相处的, 不随和的
Mary was a very difficult child.
玛丽过去是一个很难弄的孩子。
3. 艰难的, 难熬的
The most difficult days are over.
最困难的日子已经过去了。
difficult
词形变化：
副词: difficultly |
同义词：
hard | rough | rugged | arduous | complicated | trying | tough | incomprehensible | laborious | puzzling | wicked | painful | ornery | troublesome | sticky | wretched | wayward | fussy | strenuous | stiff | formidable | exacting | tricky | thorny | problematic | grim | abstract | unintelligible | abstruse | impenetrable | involved | obstinate | stubborn | recalcitrant | intractable | unmanageable |
反义词：
easy | simply |
词义辨析：
同义:
a.难的, 困难的
hard rough rugged arduous laborious complicated puzzling同义参见:
wayward wretched formidable trying troublesome sticky strenuous fussy tough ornery incomprehensible abstract wicked painful exacting stiff反义:
a.困难的; 不随和的
easy simple反义参见:
convenient difficultdifficultD.J.:[ˈdifikəlt]K.K.:[ˈdɪfɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt]adj.1.翻译：困难的, 难懂的Things become increasingly difficult.事情变得日益困难。It is difficult for me to teach.教书对于我是件不容易的事。
2.翻译：不易相处的, 难满足的She was the most difficult customer the salesman had to deal with that day.她是这个售货员那天所遇到的最难应付的一位顾客。
difficult['difikəlt]adj.
1.翻译：难的，困难的，艰难的，难做的，难制的，费劲的，费力的，麻烦的，需要花工夫或技术才能完成的，不是轻而易举的
2.翻译：难懂的，难解的，难以理解(或解决)的，深奥的，复杂艰涩的
3.翻译：难对付的，难相处的，不易相处的，难弄的，不随和的
4.翻译：难以取悦的，难以讨好的，难以满足的，难令人满意的
5.翻译：难说服的，难诱导的，执拗的，顽固的，不情愿的
6.翻译：不利的；妨碍的；拖累的；难受的，令人难堪的；令人厌烦的
7.翻译：充满艰难困苦的，(尤指)经济上困难的，拮据的近义词hard(be) difficult of难于，不易difficult of access不容易接近，难接近difficult of accomplishment难以完成difficult of approach不易到达difficult to对…是困难的
1.翻译：难的, 困难的, 费力的
2.翻译：(指人)难以满足的; 难以共处的; 难弄的
3.翻译：令人忧烦或焦虑的a difficult task一项艰难的任务a man difficult to deal with一个难于对付的人She was placed in difficult circumstances.她处境艰难。The place is difficult of access.这地方很难进去。Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.[谚]世上无难事, 只怕有心人。Please don't be so difficult.别那么别扭。继承用法difficultlyadv.difficultnessn.参考词汇见hard; difficult
adjective
needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand
困难的，费劲的；难懂的
she had a difficult decision to make.
她要做出一个难做的决定。
the questions are too difficult for the children.
这些问题对孩子们来说太难了。
翻译：characterized by or causing hardships or problems
艰难的；有问题的
a difficult economic climate.
恶劣的经济环境。
翻译：(of a person) not easy to please or satisfy; awkward
（人）难以取悦的，挑剔的；难对付的：
Lily could be difficult.
莉莉可能会难对付。派生
difficultly
adverb
(罕)difficultness
noun
语源
late Middle English: back-formation from difficulty
difficult
形容词 difficult:
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
同义词：hard
requiring much effort and trouble
difficult to manage or control
同义词：unmanageable
习惯用语be difficult of1.翻译：难于, 不易
difficult
1. All things are difficult before they are easy.
[谚]凡事起头难。
2. The past month has been a difficult one for him.
上个月他很困难。
3. As the afternoon wore away, I found it more and more difficult to stay awake.
下午慢慢过去，我才发觉越来越难以抗拒睡意。
4. He tried all manner of ways to solve the difficult problem.
为了解决那道难题，他试了各种方法。
5. The truth is often difficult to come at.
事情真相往往难以发现。
6. It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
7. I know from my own experience how difficult the work can be.
从我自己的经验我明白这项工作会有多难。
8. Henceforth it will be more difficult to avoid customs examination.
从此以后，避免海关检查将会更加困难。
9. Escape from Dartmoor prison is difficult.
从达特穆尔监狱逃走非常困难。
10. It was difficult to think through this maze of contradictory facts and statistics.
从这些错综复杂而又相互矛盾的事实和统计数字中很难得出一个结论来。
11. He is hardly capable of executing such a difficult task.
他仅能勉强地完成这样艰巨的任务。
12. He's difficult at the best of times usually he's impossible.
他即使在情绪最好的时候，都很难相处－－平常就更令人受不了了。
13. He was strung up by having to take the difficult examination.
他因为不得不参加很难的考试而感到紧张。
14. He showed great composure in difficult situations.
他在困难环境中表现得极沉着。
15. He tends to recoil from making difficult decisions.
他在难以作出决定时往往踌躇不前。
16. It is difficult to predict his reaction because he is so moody.
他如此喜怒无常，所以很难预知其反应如何。
17. He put over a difficult business deal.
他完成了一次很困难的交易。
18. He always tries to bluster his way out of difficult situations.
他总是自吹自擂以摆脱困境。
19. He was a difficult man to deal with.
他是个很难对付的人。
20. He took office at a difficult time.
他是在困难时刻就职的。
21. It is difficult for him to get around without a stick.
他没有手杖走路很困难。
22. His flippancy makes it difficult to have a decent conversation with him.
他玩世不恭，很难正经地和他交谈。
23. He is unable to do such a difficult job now.
他现在还不能做这样困难的工作。
24. He finds it difficult to climb the stairs with his bad leg.
他的一条腿有毛病，上楼梯很困难。
25. His work is difficult to label accurately.
他的工作很难准确归类。
26. It proved difficult to disguise his anxiety.
他的焦虑难以掩饰。
27. The stain on his shirt is difficult to clean off.
他衬衣上的污点很难去除掉。
28. He find it difficult to give shape to his idea.
他觉得很难把他的想法，明确表达出来。
29. He found it difficult to stop smoking.
他觉得戒烟是件难事。
30. He finds it difficult to stay on/stick to the straight and narrow for long.
他觉得长期地坚持走正道很难。
31. She sailed through the difficult examination with no mistakes.
他轻易地通过了那次很难的考试，没有什么差错。
32. The task prove inconceivably more difficult than we have imagine.
任务的困难程度超过我们的想像，确实难以置信。
33. A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
优悠自在的生活，是一个难以追求的东西。
34. It's difficult to sell a house with a sitting tenant.
住著房客的房子很难卖。
35. You place me in a very difficult position.
你使我非常为难。
36. You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language.
你使用这样无礼的语言是很难说得过去的。
37. How did you manage to steer by that difficult question?
你是怎样设法回避了那个棘手的问题的？
38. It's difficult raising a family on a small income.
依靠微薄的收入是很难养家的。
39. To be a peerless man is very difficult.
做一个出类拔萃的人是很不容易的。
40. It is often difficult to forbear from expressing one's opinion.
克制自己不发表意见常常是很难的。
41. It's difficult to make sheep farming pay here.
养羊业在这里难有收益。
42. The greatest scholar cannot solve this difficult problem.
再伟大的学者也没有办法解答这个难题吧。
43. Beginners will feel it difficult to do this job.
初学者做这件事会感到困难。
44. It's difficult to get a foot in the door of publishing.
加入出版界是很难的。
45. The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.
医生细想他要进行的棘手的手术。
46. It is difficult getting back to the daily round after a fortnight's holiday abroad.
去国外度假两星期后，很难再适应日常生活的次序。
47. The forces of reaction made reform difficult.
反动势力给改革造成了困难。
48. Since Mr.Cramer is a traveling salesman, he's often difficult to run to ground.
因为克拉默先生是在各地巡游的推销员，所以常常难以弄清他正在什么地方。
49. Because her job had been the pivot of her life, retirement was very difficult.
因为她的工作一向是她生命的支柱，所以退休后日子很不好过。
50. Navigation is difficult on this river because of the hide rock.
因为有暗礁，在这条河上航行很困难。
51. Navigation is difficult on this river because of the hidden rocks.
因为河上有暗礁，所以在这条河上航行很困难。
52. Difficult times lie before us.
困难时期将要来临。
53. It was a difficult situation that called forth all our initiative and courage.
困难的处境要求我们有创新和勇往直前的精神。
54. Difficult problems used to take hours of work with pencil and paper.
困难的问题以前总是需要用笔和纸工作数小时。
55. It must be difficult to play various personae in the same movie.
在同一个电影中扮演不同的角色肯定不容易。
56. Dressing is difficult for her since her accident.
在她出了事故以来，穿衣服一直都很费劲。
57. It was very difficult for Arthur the make ends meet when his factory was put on a three-day week during the recession.
在工业衰退期间，阿瑟上班的工厂每周开工二、三天，这使他很难维持生计。
58. Respiration becomes difficult at great heights.
在很高的地方呼吸就变得困难了。
59. Respiration is difficult at great heights.
在很高的高原上呼吸很困难。
60. It is difficult to find work in the present economic situation.
在目前的经济情况下很难找到工作。
61. It can be very difficult, make conversation at a party.
在聚会时有时很难找话题跟人应酬。
62. It is difficult to convey delicate shade of meaning in a translation.
在译文中传达意义上精微的差别是很不容易的。
63. It is difficult to decide between the two opinions.
在这两种意见之间抉择是困难的。
64. It is difficult to breathe at these altitudes.
在这些高的地方很难呼吸。
65. During this difficult time, his friendship make life supportable to me.
在这困难时期，他的友谊使我的生活变得可忍耐。
66. How did you do for fuel during those difficult days?
在那些困难的日子里，你们是怎样解决燃料问题的？
67. The geography paper was difficult.
地理试题很难。
68. Frankly speaking, it is difficult for me to make out what he is saying.
坦率地说，理解他正在说的事情是很困难的。
69. It was difficult to gauge how people would respond.
大家的反应如何难以估计。
70. In the first few year, the colonizer find life difficult.
头几年里，殖民地开拓者觉得生活艰难。
71. She found it difficult to establish a new routine after retirement.
她发觉退休后很难建立起新的生活规律。
72. It was a difficult birth: she had to have a Caesarean.
她因为难产，要做剖腹产术。
73. Her time in Paris was a happy interlude in a difficult career.
她在巴黎期间是她艰辛的事业中一段愉快的插曲。
74. She played the difficult piano concerto to perfection.
她将这首难度大的钢琴协奏曲弹奏得完美无缺。
75. She handled a difficult argument skilfully.
她巧妙地应付了一场艰难的辩论。
76. She fended off the difficult questions skilfully.
她巧妙地避开了那些不好回答的问题。
77. Her allusive style is difficult to follow.
她引经据典的风格晦涩难懂。
78. She know how to score off people who ask difficult question.
她很会让那些给她出难题的人自讨没趣。
79. She's been through a bad patch (ie a difficult or an unhappy time) recently.
她最近经历了一段困难时期。
80. She is just being difficult.
她正在闹别扭呢。