difficulty 重要用法说明
difficulty 重要用法说明
1. 关于是否用作可数名词和是否用复数形式:
(1) 表示抽象意义的“困难”,是不可数名词。如:
Bad planning will lead to difficulty later. 计划不周会给以后带来困难。
Refer to your dictionary in case of difficulty. 如果遇到难题,请参考你的字典。
(2) 表示具体意义的“困难”(如难事、难点、难题等),是可数名词。如:
Here is a difficulty for us to get over. 这儿有一个困难要我们克服。
He met with many difficulties when travelling. 他在旅行进遇到过不少伤脑筋的事。
(3) 在某些词组中是不可数名词(只用单数),如with difficulty(困难地),without difficulty(容易地);而在某些词组中又是可数名词(且通常要用复数形式),如make difficulties(刁难),under difficulties(在困难条件下)。
(4) 在某些词组中可用作可数名词或不可数名词,有时意义相同,如make no difficulty=make no difficulties(无异议,不反对),有时意义不同,如be in difficulty(有困难),be in difficulties(手头拮据)。
2. 表示“做某事有困难”,其后不接 to do sth,而接 (in) doing sth,其中的 in 含有 while之意,在口语中通常可以省略;由于这样用的 difficulty 意思比较抽象,因此不可数,不用复数形式,也不连用不定冠词。如:
I had difficulty understanding the poems. 这些诗我感到很难理解。
I found great difficulty (in) doing the work. 做这工作我觉得很吃力。
There is much difficulty in finding his office. 没费什么劲就找到了他的办公室。
若是后接名词,则通常用介词with。如:
I’m having difficulty with my travel arrangements. 我安排旅行遇到了困难。
Some people had difficulty with the lecture, but most understood. 有些人听讲有困难,但大部分人听懂了。
另外,有时也可后接 about (doing) sth,其中的 about 隐含有“关于”之意。如:
There oughtn’t to have been any difficulty about it 此事本不应有什么困难。
There shouldn’t be any difficulty about getting you a visa. 给你弄个签证不会有什么困难吧。
3. 表示“做某事的困难”,其后可接 of doing sth。如:(www.hxen.net)
He tried to explain to me the difficulty of learning to cook from books. 他向我解释照著书本学习烹饪的困难。
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