difficulty在英语中的释义和用法例句:
释义:
* 名词:困难,难题,困境
* 形容词:困难的,费力的,不易的
用法:
1. 作为名词时,difficulty表示“困难,难题,困境”,可以用作可数名词也可用作不可数名词。例如:
* solving the problem caused him some difficulty. (解决这个问题给他造成了些许困难。)
* in difficulty(处于困境中)
2. 作为形容词时,difficulty表示“困难的,费力的,不易的”,常常用于be+形容词的句子结构中。例如:
* I am having difficulty remembering his phone number. (我难以记起他的电话号码。)
3. difficulty可以用作表语,表示主语所面临的困难或主语的行为方式。例如:
* He didn't realize the difficulty of the task ahead. (他没意识到面前任务的难度。)
4. 固定搭配:in difficulty处于困境中;have difficulty (in) doing sth做某事有困难。例如:
* He is in difficulty at present and could do with some help. (他目前处于困境中,需要一些帮助。)
同义词辨析:
1. 反义词:ease, comfort, facility, simplicity
这些词都可以表示“容易,不费力”的意思。与difficulty进行辨析可以帮助我们更好地理解它们的用法和语境。例如:
* With ease he accomplished the task ahead. (他轻松地完成了前面的任务。)
* She found comfort in the company of her friends. (她的朋友们让她感到安慰。)
* He had facility with foreign languages and was able to converse fluently in several languages. (他精通外语,能够流利地与别人交谈。)
* It's a simple task, you shouldn't have any difficulty with it. (这个任务很简单,你不应该对此有任何困难。)
2. 其他同义词:trouble, challenge, hardship, struggle
这些词也可以表示“困难,难题”的意思,但是在用法上略有不同。例如:
* This was a difficult decision, but I had no other choice. (这是一个困难的决定,但是我别无选择。)
* She has faced many challenges in her life, but she never gave up. (她一生中面临着许多挑战,但是她从未放弃。)
* It was a hardship to live in those conditions, but she managed to persevere. (生活在那种条件下很艰苦,但是她设法坚持了下来。)
* They struggled to overcome the difficulties of the journey. (他们努力克服旅途中的困难。)
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