She had a difficult childhood. 她的童年充满了艰辛。
helping people who are in difficult circumstances 帮助处于困境的人
This book is impossible to read without crying. 读这本书不可能不落泪。
Dealing with her illness makes life pretty impossible for the rest of the family. 给她治病让家里其他人的生活变得非常艰难。
We've all had a very trying day. 我们大家都过了难熬的一天。
Your son is turning out to be very trying. 你儿子变得令人厌烦。
After he spoke there was an awkward silence. 他发言之后是一阵难堪的沉默。
It's a bit awkward, because he's my friend but I'm still his boss. 这有点难办,因为他是我的朋友,可我还是他的老板。
intolerable pain 难以忍受的疼痛
The noise is making our lives intolerable. 这噪音让我们的生活变得无法忍受。
an intolerable situation 无法容忍的情形
intolerably slow progress 缓慢得让人无法容忍的进展
the thorny issue of land ownership 土地所有权这个棘手的问题
Now we come to the thorny question of cost. 现在我们来讨论成本这个棘手的问题。
Negotiations have entered a critical phase. 谈判已经进入了关键阶段。
There is a rather delicate matter that I need to discuss with you. 有件相当棘手的事,我需要和你讨论一下。
The negotiations are at a very delicate stage. 谈判处于非常微妙的阶段。
the intractable problem of prison over-crowding 监狱过于拥挤的棘手问题
What with George's funeral and her daughter's divorce, it had all been too much for poor Elizabeth. 乔治的葬礼再加上女儿的离婚,这一切对可怜的伊丽莎白打击太大了。
a chronic shortage of food/money/resources 食物/金钱/资源的长期匮乏
The rebel leader proved elusive. 事实证明叛军首领很难抓住。
a rare and elusive bird 珍稀且难以捕捉的鸟
a thousand-word statement fraught with ambiguities 满篇含糊之词的千字声明
a grey area in environmental law 环境保护法的灰色区域
His bad moods are a bit hard to take at times. 有时他的坏情绪让人很难接受。
I found his new book a bit heavy. 我发现他的新书有点儿晦涩。
Her speech was heavy stuff, with references to philosophy and psychology. 她的发言很晦涩,多处论及哲学和心理学。
When things got too hot for her at home, she'd stay with a friend. 在家里住不下去的时候,她会跟朋友一起住。
My arriving email seems to be inaccessible. 寄给我的电子邮件似乎收不到了。
an insoluble problem/mystery 无法解决的难题/不解之谜
an insurmountable problem/difficulty/obstacle 难以克服的问题/难题/障碍
Politics has always been a messy business. 政治事务向来是错综复杂的。
a messy divorce/relationship 棘手的离婚/复杂的关系
Work has been fairly murderous lately. 工作最近相当难做。
a fairground ride that is definitely not for the faint-hearted 完全不适合胆怯者玩的露天游乐场的骑乘游戏
an onerous responsibility/job 沉重的责任/繁重的工作
straitened circumstances 贫困的景况
his tangled love life 他那理不清的爱情生活
The exiled leader was becoming too hot to handle and the government decided to expel him.
That's a tricky question because there are many things to consider. 那个问题很棘手,因为要考虑很多因素。
The gulf between us was unbridgeable. 我们之间的鸿沟难以弥合。
unrelenting heat/wind/pressure 持续的炎热/大风/压力
an unwieldy bureaucracy/system/process 运转不灵的官僚体制/系统/过程
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