difficult

['difikəlt]

adj.困难的, 艰难的, (人)难对付的, 不易相处的

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。

词形变化

副词: difficultly |

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  

英英释义

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

补充

difficultdifficult英:[ˈdifikəlt] 美:[ˈdɪfɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt]adj.1.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.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。

例句

1. It was a very difficult decision.这是个艰难的决定。 2. The first question was the most difficult.第一个问题最难。 3. This decision is difficult to understand.这个决定让人难以理解。 4. It's difficult to choose.很难作出选择。 5. I find it difficult to speak up for myself.我觉得为自己辩护很难。 6. She found it difficult to get her book published.她觉得出版自己的书很难。 7. It's difficult being a woman in motor racing.做女赛车手不易。 8. It's difficult for single mothers to get jobs.单身母亲很难找到工作。 9. We do owe them, so it's difficult for us to say no.我们确实欠他们的人情, 所以很难对他们说不。 10. Don't be difficult!不要讨人厌！ 11. He was a difficult child.他是个难哄的孩子。 12. All 13-year-olds are difficult.所有13岁大的孩子都很难相处。 13. I could be difficult about it, but why bother?我可以在这事上找别扭, 但何必呢？ 14. I had a feeling you were going to be difficult about this.我有种感觉：你会在这件事上故意刁难。 15. We're living in difficult times.我们生活在困难时期。 16. You've called at a rather difficult moment.你的电话打得真不是时候。 17. This has been a rather difficult year for the Kemp family.对于肯普一家来说, 这是相当艰难的一年。 18. It's the opposition's job to make life difficult for the government.给政府出难题是反对派的事儿。 19. she had a difficult decision to make.她要做出一个难做的决定。 20. the questions are too difficult for the children.这些问题对孩子们来说太难了。 21. a difficult economic climate.恶劣的经济环境。 22. Lily could be difficult.莉莉可能会难对付。 23. a difficult test/problem困难的测验；难题 24. It was difficult for us to hear the speaker.我们很难听清演讲者在说些什么。 25. I'm in a difficult situation. Whatever I do, somebody will be upset.我的处境很困难。无论我干什么都会有人不高兴。 26. a difficult customer难以讨好的顾客 27. "Our last test was extremely difficult. [=hard, tough]"我们最后一场考试难极了。 28. We were asked lots of difficult questions.我们被问了许多很难的问题。 29. I had to make a very difficult decision/choice.我不得不做出一个十分艰难的决定/选择。 30. We'll be hiking over difficult terrain.我们将徒步穿越崎岖的路段。 31. It's more difficult than it sounds.它比听起来要难。 32. It's difficult to imagine why she would do that.很难想象她为什么愿意那样做。 33. "It is difficult for me to say this, but you have to leave."我很难说出口，但是你得离开了。 34. "She has a cold, which makes it difficult for her to breathe."她感冒了，呼吸困难。 35. He gave a good performance under difficult [=trying] circumstances.他在艰难的情况下表现得很出色。 36. I found myself in a difficult position/situation.我发现自己处于困境。 37. Some difficult days lie ahead of us.我们面临着一些艰难的日子。 38. He's been having a difficult time coping [=he has not been dealing well] with his father's death.他一直没能走出父亲去世的阴影。 39. These changes will make life/things difficult for everyone involved.这些变化将使每个相关的人的生活/情况变得很艰难。 40. My parents tell me that I was a difficult child. [=I did not obey my parents]父母跟我说我是个不听话的孩子。 41. Why do you have to be so difficult? [=uncooperative]你为什么非得这么犟呢？