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IELTS BNC: 439 COCA: 608

difficult

Word family 
dif·fi·cult /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj
1  DIFFICULThard to do, understand, or deal with 困難的，不易解決的 OPP easy
a difficult question
難解的問題
an immensely difficult task
極爲艱巨的任務
Was the exam very difficult?
這次考試很難嗎？
It’s difficult to see how more savings can be made.
想要進一步節約看來是很難了。
difficult (for somebody) to understand/find/obtain etc
That’s rather difficult for me to explain.
我很難作出解釋。
He’s finding it difficult to get a job.
他發現找工作很難。
2  PROBLEMinvolving a lot of problems and causing a lot of trouble or worry 有困難的，有問題的，有麻煩的
a difficult situation
難辦的局面
Things are a bit difficult at home at the moment.
目前家裏的事情有點麻煩。
There could be difficult times ahead.
往後可能會遇到困難的時候。
make life/things difficult for somebody (=cause problems for someone) 使某人日子難過；刁難某人
She’s doing everything she can to make life difficult for him.
她想方設法讓他日子難過。
3  BAD-TEMPEREDsomeone who is difficult never seems pleased or satisfied 難以取悅的，不易相處的，不易滿足的 SYN awkward
Don’t be so difficult!
别這麽挑剔！
a difficult customer
苛刻的顧客
 THESAURUS
difficult not easy to do, understand, or deal with 困難的,不易的
a difficult question
難題
The homework was really difficult.
家庭作業真的很難。
It is difficult to see how peace can be achieved in the region.
這個地區要想實現和平看來很難。
hard difficult. Hard is less formal than difficult and is very common in spoken English 困難的〔不如difficult正式,常見於英語口語〕
The test was really hard.
測驗真的很難。
a hard decision
艱難的決定
It was hard to forgive him.
很難原諒他。
tough very difficult, because you have to use a lot of effort, or because it affects you emotionally 艱難的〔因需要很大的努力,或因情感上受影響〕
a tough race
艱苦的競賽
Doctors have to make tough decisions about who to treat first.
醫生必須作出先治療誰的艱難決定。
nThe team faces some tough competition.
nLife is tough sometimes.
tricky difficult because it is complicated and full of problems 難對付的
She had helped him out of a tricky situation.
她幫助他脫離了困境。
Merging the two companies was bound to be tricky.
合並兩家公司肯定不好辦。
awkward rather difficult to deal with – used especially when something could be embarrassing 棘手的〔尤指令人尴尬〕
You’ve put me in a very awkward position.
你讓我處於一個非常尴尬的境地。
nIt was getting dark and foggy, which made the rescue even more awkward.
challenging difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way 有挑戰性的
I wanted a job that was more challenging.
我想要一份更具挑戰性的工作。
a challenging piece of music
一首有挑戰性的樂曲
demanding difficult and tiring, because it takes a lot of effort 要求高的,費力的
Being a nurse in a busy hospital is a demanding job.
在忙碌的醫院當護士是很累人的工作。
nit can be very demanding bringing up young children.
daunting if something seems daunting, you think that it will be difficult and you do not feel confident about being able to do it 讓人望而生畏的
a daunting challenge
一項令人生畏的挑戰
The task seemed a little daunting at first.
任務一開始似乎有點令人望而卻步。
delicate needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively, especially in order to avoid offending people or causing problems 微妙的,需要謹慎處理的
This is a very delicate subject, and it can be difficult to talk about it with your parents.
這是個很微妙的話題,很難和父母講。
nHe thanked me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled.
COLLOCATIONS CHECK
difficult question/decision/situation/problem etc
hard question/decision/test
tough question/decision/job/game/race
tricky question/situation/position/moment
awkward question/situation/position/moment
challenging job
demanding work/schedule/course
daunting task/challenge/prospect
delicate subject/matter/issue
Examples from the Corpus
difficult• To be a member of more than two or three real teams at the same time is difficult.• Stop being difficult!• When Darren was a little boy, he was very difficult at times.• This is made more difficult by the speed at which new stores are now built.• I'd like to thank the staff for working very hard in these difficult conditions.• Heavy snow will mean difficult driving conditions in some areas.• My mother's illness makes it difficult for her to walk.• The reading exercise was very difficult for most of the children.• a difficult job• Felipe takes me to the coast too but it is a bit difficult now that I can not see.• That's a good question, but it's a difficult one to answer.• Officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they strongly.• In its good fortune, Sears may illustrate several keys to thriving in a difficult retail environment.• Things at home have been very difficult since my father died.• My wife and I have gone through some difficult times.• The difficulty with habits is that they are difficult to change.• It's very difficult to find people who are willing to do the job.• Until now, patients often found it difficult to get information about their rights.• According to industry officials, a new breed of digital phone transmits in computer code that is much more difficult to intercept.• The insects are so small that they are difficult to see without using a microscope.• Being almost the colour of the rocks, the Harpies are difficult to spot before they move.• Campbell has the reputation of being difficult to work with.• More difficult would be patients with a deep seated psychological problem which would require more than three months' treatment.
finding it difficult• Adrian was finding it difficult to concentrate.• His long, inexplicable silence had resulted in her feeling such misery that she was finding it difficult to eat or sleep.• The World Bank is finding it difficult to improve its image.• I am finding it difficult to keep up this diary knowing you are away.• He's finding it difficult to picture.• His daughter, however, is still finding it difficult to recover from her traumatic assault in New York.• And with good reason: the signs are that Saatchi is finding it difficult to sell the management consultancy division alone.• But most of them were also finding it difficult to stop smiling.
make life/things difficult for somebody• Having to adopt the fast-track method made life difficult for all three.• Cabins were 71 steps down, making life difficult for disabled passengers.• The lack of economic statistics has made life difficult for economists and money managers for the past few weeks.• He made things difficult for her in a way he hadn't done with me.• But it made things difficult for me, at times.• Is the guy trying to make life difficult for music critics, or what?• She is making life difficult for Tommy and himself.• Inside the towns they make life difficult for you.
Origin difficult
(1300-1400) difficulty

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