late 14c., from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultatem (nominative difficultas) "difficulty, distress, poverty," from difficilis "hard," from dis- "not, away from" (see dis-) + facilis "easy" (see facile).
双语例句
1. He was going red in the face and breathing with difficulty.
他涨红了脸，费力地喘着气。
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2. Many men still have difficulty accepting a woman as a business partner.
许多男性仍然无法接受女性商业伙伴。
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3. Something gave me the strength to overcome the difficulty.
有些事给了我克服困难的勇气。
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4. The first difficulty is that, old-fashioned or not, it is very good.
首要的难题是，过时也好，不过时也罢，它很不错。
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5. Young children have difficulty grasping the finality of death.
