處境艱難
把「推不動的阻力」從一件事擴大到整個處境：不是單一動作費力，而是一整段時間或一個局面到處是問題、讓人操心。
hard (time or situation) · adjective · A1
Full of problems that make a time or situation hard to get through.
艱難的
核心畫面
Something that pushes back when you try to act on it: you reach for it, and it resists — it takes effort, skill, or struggle to get through. The opposite of 'easy', where things slide smoothly.
可以想成：你伸手去做一件事，但它「卡」住了，往前推會遇到阻力，要花很多力氣、技巧或心思才推得動。和「easy（順順地…更多收起
可以想成：你伸手去做一件事，但它「卡」住了，往前推會遇到阻力，要花很多力氣、技巧或心思才推得動。和「easy（順順地就過去）」剛好相反——difficult 的畫面比較像這股推不動、要使勁的感覺。From the picture
人難相處
把同一股阻力放到「人」身上：和這個人互動就像推一扇不肯開的門，怎麼做他都不滿意，相處本身變得費力。
hard to please (person) · adjective · A1
Describing a person who never seems pleased or happy and is not easy to deal with.
難相處的
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hard to do · adjective · A1
Hard to do, understand, or deal with; needing a lot of effort or skill.
困難的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
difficultadj/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
- 1
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
- difficult of accomplishment
- However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.
- 2
Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
- Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
- 3
obsoleteUnable or unwilling.
- “I hope, madam,” said Jones, “my charming Lady Bellaston will be as difficult to believe anything against one who is so sensible of the many obligations she hath conferred upon him.”
difficultverb/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
- 1
obsoleteTo make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
- August 9 1678, William Temple, letter to Joseph Williamson their Excellencies having desisted from their pretensions , which had difficulted the peace
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。