hard-pressed
英 [ˌhɑːd ˈprest]
美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈprest]
adj. 处于强大压力的(尤指工作重、时间紧迫、资金少); 很难(做某事)
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牛津词典
adj.
- 处于强大压力的（尤指工作重、时间紧迫、资金少）
having a lot of problems, especially too much work, and too little time or money - 很难（做某事）
finding sth very difficult to do- You would be hard-pressed to find a better secretary.
找一位更好的秘书很难。
- You would be hard-pressed to find a better secretary.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 处于困境的;经济窘迫的;承受高压的
If someone ishard-pressed, they are under a great deal of strain and worry, usually because they have not got enough money.- The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.
该地区的消费者经济窘迫，在奢侈品上的开销比以前少了。
- The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.
- ADJ-GRADED 很难做到的;（做…）有困难的
If you will behard-pressed todo something, you will have great difficulty doing it.- This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
- This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
英英释义
adj
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
- distressed companies need loans and technical advice
- financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
- we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
- found themselves in a bad way financially
双语例句
- Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments.
处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。 - The latest education reforms have put extra pressure on teachers who are already hard-pressed.
最新的教育改革对已经倍感压力的老师们又加诸了额外的压力。 - You'd be hard-pressed to find a mean picture in our magazine.
你会很难在我们的杂志里找到贱照片。 - For example, try to remember what happened to you every day last week, chances are that nothing extraordinary happened, so you will be hard-pressed to recall the specific things you did on Monday, Tuesday, etc.
举例来说，请你努力回想一下上周每天你都做了些什么事情。什么特别的事情也没有发生的概率很大，所以你会觉得回忆自己在周一、周二等日子里具体做了哪些事情非常困难。 - For hard-pressed Japanese component makers manufacturing in Japan it has been one long competitive struggle.
对于正身处困境的日本零部件制造业来说，这将是一场艰苦卓绝的长期斗争。 - Other firms had already been hard-pressed to meet Apple's price, battery life and hardware features, let alone its swish operating system, copious media catalogues and the internet's biggest app store.
苹果产品的价格、电池续航时间还有硬件，更不用说其华丽的操作系统、丰富的多媒体资料和最大的网上应用商店，这些都给了其他公司很大的压力。 - There may be political pressure to redirect money to hard-pressed rural constituencies.
或许存在将资金重新导向压力重重的农村选区的政治压力。 - Ping'an, population 800, may soon be hard-pressed to maintain its rustic charm.
有着800人口的平安可能将很难保持其质朴的魅力。 - Hard-pressed European rivals, spoiling for a fight, may yet find a use for vendor financing again.
压力之下的欧洲对手跃跃欲试，它们可能会为卖方融资再次找到用武之地。 - A year ago most non-specialists would probably have been hard-pressed to explain what a sovereign wealth fund was.
一年前，多数非专业人士可能很难解释清楚究竟什么是主权财富基金。