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单词 to make difficulty
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to make (a) difficulty
P1. to make (a) difficulty: (originally) to show reluctance, to be unwilling (cf. sense 3); (now) to cause problems, to be obstructive (now usually to make difficulties). [Compare Middle French, French faire difficulté (second half of the 14th century).]
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a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 65/1 The protectour made difficultie to come..vnto them.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 310 The marchands making difficultie..to accept the billes of exchaunge that were sent out of Fraunce.
1687 T. Smith in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) 18 Hee making severall difficultyes.
1700 tr. M.-D. de La Bizardière Hist. Acct. Div. Poland 70 The only thing that the Poles had to apprehend, was lest a Prince so well accomplished as he..should make a Difficulty to accept a Crown.
1704 Duke of Marlborough Let. 22 Apr. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 276 If you make difficulty in doing what I desire, you will leave mee on the rack of uncertainty.
1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 355 Apollonius..made no difficulty of coming from Greece to Rome.
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xxxvii. 292 Mr. Vavasor's lawyer, who would no doubt be able to make difficulty as to raising ready money.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiii. 239 They..never made any difficulties or demands.
1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes ii. 108 Mrs. Leak had made no difficulties. She was..sparing of her words and moderate in her demands.
1936 W. S. Churchill Marlborough III. xxv. 487 Harley had been called upon..to restore the plate furnished him for his official use... He had made difficulty about this, alleging his poverty.
1994 S. Braude Mpho's Search xii. 70 And then Father Roger comes and tries to make difficulties for us.
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