difficulties 音标拼音: [d'ɪfəkəltiz] [d'ɪfɪk
, ʌltiz]
Difficulty \
Dif "
fi *
cul *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Difficulties }. [
L .
difficultas ,
fr .
difficilis difficult ;
dif - =
dis -
facilis easy :
cf .
F .
difficult ['
e ].
See {
Facile }.]
1 .
The state of being difficult ,
or hard to do ;
hardness ;
arduousness ; --
opposed to {
easiness }
or {
facility };
as ,
the difficulty of a task or enterprise ;
a work of difficulty .
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1913 Webster ]
Not being able to promote them [
the interests of life ]
on account of the difficulty of the region .
--
James Byrne .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Something difficult ;
a thing hard to do or to understand ;
that which occasions labor or perplexity ,
and requires skill and perseverance to overcome ,
solve ,
or achieve ;
a hard enterprise ;
an obstacle ;
an impediment ;
as ,
the difficulties of a science ;
difficulties in theology .
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1913 Webster ]
They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor '
s displeasure . --
Addison .
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3 .
A controversy ;
a falling out ;
a disagreement ;
an objection ;
a cavil .
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Measures for terminating all local difficulties .
--
Bancroft .
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4 .
Embarrassment of affairs ,
especially financial affairs ; --
usually in the plural ;
as ,
to be in difficulties .
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In days of difficulty and pressure . --
Tennyson .
Syn :
Impediment ;
obstacle ;
obstruction ;
embarrassment ;
perplexity ;
exigency ;
distress ;
trouble ;
trial ;
objection ;
cavil .
See {
Impediment }.
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1913 Webster ]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
difficulties ":
adverse circumstances ,
adversity ,
affliction ,
aggravation ,
annoyance ,
blight ,
broken fortune ,
bummer ,
care ,
cross ,
curse ,
difficulty ,
distress ,
downer ,
embarrassment ,
genteel poverty ,
hard knocks ,
hard life ,
hard lot ,
hard pinch ,
hardcase ,
hardship ,
impecuniosity ,
impecuniousness ,
insolvency ,
irritation ,
light purse ,
narrow means ,
plight ,
poorness ,
poverty ,
predicament ,
pressure ,
rigor ,
sea of troubles ,
slender means ,
straitened circumstances ,
straits ,
stress ,
stress of life ,
tight squeeze ,
trial ,
tribulation ,
trouble ,
troubles ,
unprosperousness ,
vale of tears ,
vicissitude ,
voluntary poverty ,
vows of poverty
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