n.困難；爭議；麻煩

He experienced great difficulty in getting a visa to leave the country. 他申請出國簽證經(jīng)歷了很大的困難。

He faced the difficulty with courage. 他勇敢地面對困難。

Have you any concrete thoughts on how to deal with this difficulty? 處理這種困難你有什么具體的想法？

A difficulty has cropped up at work. 工作中突然出現(xiàn)困難。

Why do you come to me with every little difficulty? 你為什么有一點(diǎn)小麻煩便來找我?

But now she was in another difficulty. 但現(xiàn)在,她又遇到麻煩。

He will get into some trouble or difficulty, otherwise. 不然的話,他會招麻煩的。

difficulty作“困難,麻煩”解時,指必須付出大量的思考和運(yùn)用技巧才能解決的任何困難,當(dāng)表示抽象的困難時,是不可數(shù)名詞,既不能與不定冠詞連用,也不能用于復(fù)數(shù)形式; 表示具體的難處、難事、麻煩時,是可數(shù)名詞,既可與不定冠詞連用,也可用于復(fù)數(shù)形式。difficulty引申還可作“困境(尤指經(jīng)濟(jì)上的拮據(jù))”解,這時常用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

difficulty后常接“of+ n. / v -ing”或“in+ v -ing”作定語, in有時可省去,不用動詞不定式。