困难;难题;难事;困境;艰难;费劲;辛苦;困难程度;难度
difficulty的复数

这两个短语的词序不同,意义和用法也完全不同。difficulty in接动名词,意为“在…方面的困难”; in difficulty则是介词短语,在句中作表语或后置定语,意为“处于困境”“在困难中”。另外, difficulty in中的difficulty只能用单数形式,而in difficulty中的difficulty多用单数,也可用复数,尤其是指“经济困难”时。
1.结构不同:前者是名词加介词,后者是介词加名词。
2.意思不同:difficulty with的意思是“对…感到困难”; 而with difficulty则表示“有困难地”,在句中只能用作状语。
两者都可表示“困难”。它们的区别是:
difficulty指必须付出大量的思考和运用技巧才能解决的困难; hardship用于抽象事物,指各种难以完成或处理的、需付出很大努力才能克服的麻烦,用于具体事物指疾病、贫穷等给人们带来的磨难。例如:
That was a small matter after the hardships they had been through.经历过那么多磨难之后,这点事对他们来说就算不了什么了。
They realized there would be difficulties in discrediting the evidence.
他们意识到要揭穿这个证据困难重重。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The difficulty of a problem was defined in terms of how long it took to complete.
问题的难易度是以解决这个问题所花时间的长短而定的。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Under such circumstances, it is little wonder that they experience difficulties.
在这种情形下,他们遇到困难就不足为怪了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The investigators complained about the difficulties of squeezing information out of residents.
调查人员抱怨说很难从居民身上获取信息。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The government had to bail the company out of financial difficulty.
政府只得帮助该公司渡过财政难关。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Outside California these difficulties may seem fairly trifling.
在别处,加利福尼亚的这些困难可能看起来相当微不足道。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》But those lacking a family tradition of continuing education still face difficulties.
但是那些并无接受继续教育这种家庭传统的人仍然面临着困难。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Cases of breathing difficulties increase in lockstep with air pollution.
呼吸困难的病例随空气污染的加剧而增加。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》These difficulties have been overcome without detriment to performance.
这些困难都已在不影响业绩的情况下得到了克服。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.
几名学生被认定有一定或严重学习困难。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours.
我遇到了一些困难,但与你的困难比起来就算不上什么了。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Many clubs in the lower reaches of the league are in financial difficulty.
联盟下层的许多俱乐部都处于财政困难之中。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.
他描述了被俘4个月里挣扎求生的艰难岁月。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams.
科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Integrating the pound with other European currencies could cause difficulties.
把英镑与欧洲其他货币合并会引发许多难题。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》His increasing financial difficulties forced him to take desperate measures.
不断增加的经济困难迫使他采取了铤而走险的办法。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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