核心畫面

Picture pushing something uphill: it moves, but only because you are spending extra effort on it. That extra effort is the word. English then lets you look at it three ways — as the effort you are spending, as the thing in the road causing it, and as a measurement of how steep the hill is.

可以想成:你在把一樣東西往坡上推。它是會動,但得多花力氣。那份「多出來的力氣」就是這個字。接著英文讓你從三個角度看同更多收起可以想成:你在把一樣東西往坡上推。它是會動,但得多花力氣。那份「多出來的力氣」就是這個字。接著英文讓你從三個角度看同一件事:看你正在花的力氣、看路上擋著的那個東西、或者看這個坡到底有多陡。

From the picture

擋在路上的麻煩

視線從「我在花力氣」移到「是什麼讓我得花力氣」——於是這個字變成可數,指得出來的一個一個麻煩。

a problem · noun · B1

A problem, or something that causes trouble and needs to be dealt with.

難題 / 問題

Also in this word

finding something hard · noun · B1

The state of finding something hard to do, so that it takes effort.

困難 / 費力

hardness (quality) · noun · B1

The quality of being hard to do; how much effort something needs.

難度

difficulty level · noun · B1

The level of how hard or easy something is, especially compared with other things.

難易度 / 難度等級

原始詞典資料6 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。

difficultynoun/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/

  • 1

    The state of being difficult, or hard to do.

    • My mom is old and has a lot of difficulty (in) remembering all her grandchildren's names.
  • 2

    An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.

    • We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.
    • The difficulties of photoheliography consist principally in the rapidity with which the sun's image acts upon the sensitive film.
  • 3

    Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning

    • 2012 August 2, "Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal" BBC Online
    • The three teenagers, a girl and two boys, were playing by the river when it is believed they got into difficulty.
  • 4

    An objection.

  • 5

    That which cannot be easily understood or believed.

  • 6

    An awkward situation or quarrel.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。