difficulty
noun
ˈdɪfɪkəlti noun
1
has difficulty doing something has difficulty in doing something
if you have difficulty doing something, it is difficult for you to do Do not say that someone ‘has difficulty to do something’. Say that someone or . 不要说 has difficulty to do something，而要说 has difficulty doing something 或 has difficulty in doing something。 U
have/experience difficulty (in) doing sth
They had great difficulty in finding a replacement.
他们找个接替的人费了很大劲。
with/without difficulty
He got to his feet with difficulty.
他费劲地站了起来。
2 a problem or something that causes trouble 难题，难事 C usually plural 一般用复数
3 if you are in difficulty, you are in a situation in which you have problems 困境 U
in difficulty
The business is in financial difficulty.
这家企业经济上遇到了困难。
get/run into difficulty (get into a difficult situation) 遇到困难
She soon got into difficulty with debt.
她很快就因债务陷入了困境。
4 the quality of being difficult to do 困难，辛苦 U
the difficulty of (doing) sth
the difficulty of solving such problems
解决这些问题的艰难
5 how difficult something is 〔某事的〕困难程度 U
The tests vary in difficulty.
测试的难易程度有所不同。