n.困难;争议;麻烦
He experienced great difficulty in getting a visa to leave the country. 他申请出国签证经历了很大的困难。
He faced the difficulty with courage. 他勇敢地面对困难。
Have you any concrete thoughts on how to deal with this difficulty? 处理这种困难你有什么具体的想法?
A difficulty has cropped up at work. 工作中突然出现困难。
Why do you come to me with every little difficulty? 你为什么有一点小麻烦便来找我?
But now she was in another difficulty. 但现在,她又遇到麻烦。
He will get into some trouble or difficulty, otherwise. 不然的话,他会招麻烦的。
difficulty作“困难,麻烦”解时,指必须付出大量的思考和运用技巧才能解决的任何困难,当表示抽象的困难时,是不可数名词,既不能与不定冠词连用,也不能用于复数形式; 表示具体的难处、难事、麻烦时,是可数名词,既可与不定冠词连用,也可用于复数形式。difficulty引申还可作“困境(尤指经济上的拮据)”解,这时常用复数形式。
difficulty后常接“of+ n. / v -ing”或“in+ v -ing”作定语, in有时可省去,不用动词不定式。