demanding difficult and tiring, because it takes a lot of effort 要求高的,费力的
Being a nurse in a busy hospital is a demanding job.
在忙碌的医院当护士是很累人的工作。
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 让人望而生畏的
a daunting challenge
一项令人生畏的挑战
The task seemed a little daunting at first.
任务一开始似乎有点令人望而却步。
delicate needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively, especially in order to avoidoffending people or causing problems 微妙的,需要谨慎处理的
This is a very delicate subject, and it can be difficult to talk about it with your parents.
这是个很微妙的话题,很难和父母讲。
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 realteams 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 difficultconditions.• Heavysnow will meandifficult driving conditions in some areas.• My mother's illness makes it difficult for her to walk.• The readingexercise was very difficult for most of the children.• a difficult job• Felipe takes me to the coast too but it is a bitdifficult 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 difficultretailenvironment.• Things at home have been very difficult since my fatherdied.• 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 digitalphonetransmits 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 deepseatedpsychological problem which would require more than three months' treatment.
make life/things difficult for somebody• Having to adopt the fast-trackmethodmade life difficult for all three.• Cabins were 71 steps down, making life difficult fordisabledpassengers.• The lack of economicstatistics has made life difficult foreconomists 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 formusiccritics, or what?• She is making life difficult forTommy and himself.• Inside the towns they make life difficult for you.