【difficult音标】 英[ˈdɪfɪkəlt] 美[ˈdɪfɪkəlt]
【单词释义】 difficult是什么意思：
adj.困难的；难做的；难解的；不易相处的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[反义词] easy 容易的
【关联词/派生词】
difficulty n.[U]困难，麻烦；[C]难事；困境
【difficult形近词/近似词】
adult n.成年人 adj. 成年人的
occult adj.超自然的；神秘的；隐藏的 n.神秘学；神秘的事物；玄机 v.隐蔽；（天体）遮蔽
exult vi.狂喜，欢跃；欢欣鼓舞
【近义词解析】
◇ 困难的
difficult (adj. 困难的，不易的)：指因需要努力或技巧而难以做成、理解或处理的。
hard (adj. 困难的，艰难的)：指事情不好理解、处理或不容易做的。
tough (adj. 难办的，棘手的，费力的)：因存在或将会引发问题等而难以完成或处理的，尤指在情感上难以抉择的。
【单词例句】
◇ I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. And I want a wife who type my papers for me when I have written them.
我想要个妻，她不得对我唠唠叨叨，抱怨不已。而我学习上遇到困难时向她述说，她可得听，我写的论文还待她来誊清。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ To forgive may be divine, but no one ever said it was easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your grudge. But forgiveness is possible—and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health.
原谅是神圣的，但并不容易。当一个人受伤很深时，他难免会有所怨恨。但原谅也是可能的，它对人的身心健康非常有益。
◇ In 2007, University of Florida zoologist Kent Vliet actually proved that the animals do sob while snacking. But because crocodiles eat while in the water—making a study of their meal-time tears difficult—he studied their close relatives, caimans and alligators, who might dine on dry land.
2007年，佛罗里达大学的动物学家肯特·弗利特证明了动物在进食的时候确实会哭泣。但因为鳄鱼是在水中进食的，研究它们进食期间是否会落泪比较困难，所以弗利特就研究了鳄鱼的近亲凯门鳄和短吻鳄，它们会在旱地上进食。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ "From my point of view, it's very difficult as an owner of a business to see any way that this is not positive for me at the moment."
“从我的角度出发，作为企业主，我目前还难以看到这种工作制对我有什么不利。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ And for dresses, the most important thing to check is that the hanger isn’t distorting the shape of the dress as those clothing items are more difficult to hang because there are so many different cuts, shapes, styles and fabrics.
存放裙装时，最重要的是看看衣架会不会使裙子变形。裙装有各种不同的裁剪、衣形、款式和面料，因此最难悬挂。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ Finding the most comfortable position while lying in bed can be difficult, with many hours spent tossing and turning.
找到最舒适的睡姿也许很困难，可能你一连几个小时都在辗转反侧。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ Many dogs find it difficult to digest the lactose in milk, butter and cheese because they don’t produce enough of the enzyme, lactase. The effects can range from a mild tummy upset to an irritating skin allergy.
许多狗难以消化牛奶、黄油和奶酪中的乳糖，因为它们体内不能产生足够的乳糖分解酶。乳糖不耐受的症状可以表现为轻微腹泻、引起瘙痒的皮肤过敏。
---- Food that dogs cannot eat
◇ Scientists say it's difficult to know whether there's a limit to the number of people the planet can sustain — or when we could be approaching it. Still, according to Bradshaw, the 7.7 billion people who inhabit Earth now may already be pushing the planet to a breaking point.
科学家表示，很难知道地球能承受的人口上限，或者何时会接近上限。不过，据布拉德肖说，现在居住在地球上的77亿人可能已经把地球推向了崩溃的边缘。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ "The waxy layers of produce hold on to pesticides and are very difficult to remove using water alone," he says. "Other agents are needed to effectively remove the waxy layers. However, peeling remains the most effective way to remove a large concentration of pesticides."
黎博士称：“农产品的蜡质层会附着农药，而且光是用水清洗很难去除，需要其他药剂来有效去除蜡质层。然而，削皮仍然是去除高浓度农药的最有效方法。”
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ "Provided the music has a calm, regular beat, it can actually help us to stay calm, reducing our stress, slowing our heart rate, and moderating our pulse," says Dr. Spelman. "This makes it easier for us to focus on the task at hand rather than entering into 'flight or fight' mode, in which it can be very difficult to think clearly because of our elevated levels of adrenaline and cortisol."
斯佩尔曼博士表示：“如果背景音乐的节拍比较平静、有规律，它实际上可以帮助我们保持平静，减轻我们的压力，减缓我们的心跳，调节我们的脉搏。这使我们更容易专注于手头的任务，而不是进入‘逃跑或战斗’模式，在这种模式下，由于肾上腺素和皮质醇水平升高，我们会很难清晰地思考问题。”
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity