difficulty

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do. countable,uncountable
    — My mom is old and has a lot of difficulty (in) remembering all her grandchildren's names.
  2. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. countable,uncountable
    — We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.
  3. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning countable,in-plural,sometimes,uncountable
    — 2012 August 2, "Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal" BBC Online
  4. An objection. countable,uncountable
  5. That which cannot be easily understood or believed. countable,uncountable
  6. An awkward situation or quarrel. countable,uncountable

词形变化

difficulties plural

词汇关系

衍生词
counterdifficulty difficulty level in difficulty learning difficulty personality difficulty technical difficulty with difficulty with great difficulty
相关词
difficile difficult

词源

From Middle English difficulte, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman difficulte and their etymon Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile and difficult. Equivalent to dis- + facile + -ty. Also analysable as difficult + -y, though the adjective is historically a backformation from the noun.
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