difficult

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex. obsolete,transitive
    — August 9 1678, William Temple, letter to Joseph Williamson their Excellencies having desisted from their pretensions , which had difficulted the peace
形容词 adj.
  1. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
    — difficult of accomplishment
  2. Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome. often
    — Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
  3. Unable or unwilling. obsolete
    — “I hope, madam,” said Jones, “my charming Lady Bellaston will be as difficult to believe anything against one who is so sensible of the many obligations she hath conferred upon him.”

词形变化

more difficult comparative most difficult superlative difficults present,singular,third-person difficulting participle,present difficulted participle,past difficulted past

词汇关系

近义词
burdensome cumbersome hard arduous challenging nasty difficult effortful rough rocky thistly tough uneath unsimple
反义词
easy
下位词
burdensome complex incomprehensible killing murderous subtle
衍生词
difficultate difficultly difficultness difficult nut to crack difficult pill to swallow superdifficult trifficult undifficult
相关词
awkward backbreaking cumbersome get blood from a stone get blood out of a stone heavy nail Jell-O to a tree problematic pull teeth difficult situation test

词源

词源 1
From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”).
The verb is from the adjective, partly after Middle French difficulter and its etymon Latin difficultō. Compare difficilitate, difficultate, and Italian difficoltare.
词源 2
From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”).
The verb is from the adjective, partly after Middle French difficulter and its etymon Latin difficultō. Compare difficilitate, difficultate, and Italian difficoltare.
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