英语词汇“difficult”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

difficult

/ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lt

adjective

1Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand: she had a difficult decision to make the questions are too difficult for the children...

We all acknowledged the fact that this decision is very difficult for you to understand.
It is as difficult for us to understand adolescents as it is for them to understand us.
It is very difficult for me to disagree with the statement that they deplore it.

Synonyms

hard, strenuous, arduous, laborious, heavy, tough, onerous, burdensome, demanding, punishing, gruelling, grinding, back-breaking, painful;

exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearing, wearying, wearisome

informal hellish, killing

British informal knackering

archaic toilsome

rare exigent

problematic, hard, puzzling, baffling, perplexing, confusing, mystifying, mysterious;

complicated, complex, involved, intricate, knotty, thorny, ticklish;

obscure, abstract, abstruse, recondite, enigmatic, impenetrable, unfathomable, over one's head, above one's head, beyond one

informal fiddly, sticky, no picnic

North American informal gnarly

archaic wildering

rare involute, involuted

1.1Characterized by or causing hardships or problems: a difficult economic climate...

The State of Oregon is looking hard to save where it can in this difficult business climate.
I was also a union steward at that time involved in long and difficult negotiations.
The whole situation is made more difficult by the complexity of the cost equations.

Synonyms

inconvenient, awkward, unfavourable, unfortunate, inappropriate, unsuitable, untimely, ill-timed, inopportune, inexpedient, disadvantageous

archaic unseasonable

bad, tough, grim, terrible, awful, dreadful, nightmarish, dark, black, hard, adverse, unpleasant, unwelcome, disagreeable, distressing, harrowing;

straitened, hard-pressed

literary direful

archaic or humorous parlous

1.2(Of a person) not easy to please or satisfy; awkward: Lily could be difficult...

It's quite a hard thing to say, but my Nan is a very difficult person for me to be around.
My character in the film had a very difficult father and there was one scene in which she had to stand up to him.
He has succeeded in showing us that he is a difficult man, but that needed no great mastery.

Synonyms

troublesome, tiresome, trying, exasperating, demanding, unmanageable, intractable, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, obstreperous, refractory, fractious;

unaccommodating, unhelpful, uncooperative, unamenable, unreasonable, disobliging, stubborn, obstinate, bull-headed, pig-headed;

hard to please, hard to satisfy, fussy, particular, over-particular, fastidious, perfectionist, critical, hypercritical, finicky;

British awkward;

Scottish thrawn

informal cussed

choosy, picky

British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy

North American informal balky

archaic contumacious, froward

rare contrarious, finical

Derivatives

difficultly

adverb (rare) ...

The full complement of four cellos, double bass, percussion, three sopranos and the piano duo even hinted at one of those discarded early versions of Stravinsky's difficultly achieved masterpiece.
He added that the Government neglects the municipalities and works with them extremely slowly and difficultly.
It goes on, more difficultly still, in the attenuated sublimity of a democratic faith, that the after is not the end.

difficultness

noun ...

Among girls, maternal hostile child-rearing attitudes, role dissatisfaction, and perceived temperamental difficultness of the child were all significant predictors of self-esteem in adolescence.
High activity and low sociability are less accepted in girls than in boys, and this may explain why temperamental difficultness predicted low self-esteem among girls only.
They pride themselves on their difficultness.

Origin

Late Middle English: back-formation from difficulty.

单词	difficult
释义	difficult /ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lt / adjective 1Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand: she had a difficult decision to make the questions are too difficult for* the children... We all acknowledged the fact that this decision is very difficult for you to understand. It is as difficult for us to understand adolescents as it is for them to understand us. It is very difficult for me to disagree with the statement that they deplore it. Synonyms hard, strenuous, arduous, laborious, heavy, tough, onerous, burdensome, demanding, punishing, gruelling, grinding, back-breaking, painful; exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearing, wearying, wearisome informal* hellish, killing British informal knackering archaic toilsome rare exigent problematic, hard, puzzling, baffling, perplexing, confusing, mystifying, mysterious; complicated, complex, involved, intricate, knotty, thorny, ticklish; obscure, abstract, abstruse, recondite, enigmatic, impenetrable, unfathomable, over one's head, above one's head, beyond one informal fiddly, sticky, no picnic North American informal gnarly archaic wildering rare involute, involuted 1.1Characterized by or causing hardships or problems: a difficult economic climate... The State of Oregon is looking hard to save where it can in this difficult business climate. I was also a union steward at that time involved in long and difficult negotiations. The whole situation is made more difficult by the complexity of the cost equations. Synonyms inconvenient, awkward, unfavourable, unfortunate, inappropriate, unsuitable, untimely, ill-timed, inopportune, inexpedient, disadvantageous archaic unseasonable bad, tough, grim, terrible, awful, dreadful, nightmarish, dark, black, hard, adverse, unpleasant, unwelcome, disagreeable, distressing, harrowing; straitened, hard-pressed literary direful archaic or humorous parlous 1.2(Of a person) not easy to please or satisfy; awkward: Lily could be difficult... It's quite a hard thing to say, but my Nan is a very difficult person for me to be around. My character in the film had a very difficult father and there was one scene in which she had to stand up to him. He has succeeded in showing us that he is a difficult man, but that needed no great mastery. Synonyms troublesome, tiresome, trying, exasperating, demanding, unmanageable, intractable, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, obstreperous, refractory, fractious; unaccommodating, unhelpful, uncooperative, unamenable, unreasonable, disobliging, stubborn, obstinate, bull-headed, pig-headed; hard to please, hard to satisfy, fussy, particular, over-particular, fastidious, perfectionist, critical, hypercritical, finicky; British awkward; Scottish thrawn informal cussed choosy, picky British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy North American informal balky archaic contumacious, froward rare contrarious, finical Derivatives difficultly adverb (rare) ... The full complement of four cellos, double bass, percussion, three sopranos and the piano duo even hinted at one of those discarded early versions of Stravinsky's difficultly achieved masterpiece. He added that the Government neglects the municipalities and works with them extremely slowly and difficultly. It goes on, more difficultly still, in the attenuated sublimity of a democratic faith, that the after is not the end. difficultness noun ... Among girls, maternal hostile child-rearing attitudes, role dissatisfaction, and perceived temperamental difficultness of the child were all significant predictors of self-esteem in adolescence. High activity and low sociability are less accepted in girls than in boys, and this may explain why temperamental difficultness predicted low self-esteem among girls only. They pride themselves on their difficultness. Origin Late Middle English: back-formation from difficulty.
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