dif·fi·cul·ty /-(ˌ)kəlti/
 U困難,艱難;C難點,難事,困境;異議,反對,爭論


 Dif·fi·cul·ty n.; pl. Difficulties
 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.
    Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region.   --James Byrne.
 2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
    They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure.   --Addison.
 3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
    Measures for terminating all local difficulties.   --Bancroft.
 4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
    In days of difficulty and pressure.   --Tennyson.
 Syn: -- Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment; perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial; objection; cavil. See Impediment.

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 difficulty
      n 1: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of
           trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty
           walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
           [syn: trouble]
      2: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or
         tending to produce a negative result; "serious
         difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
      3: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability
         to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or
         overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"
      4: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the
         difficulty of the climb" [syn: difficultness] [ant: ease]