1 [U,C] difficulty (in sth/in doing sth) a problem; a situation that is hard to deal with 难题;难事;困难:
I'm sure you won't have any difficultygetting a visa for America.我敢肯定,你申请签证往美国不会遇到任何困难。We had no difficulty selling our car.我们毫不费事便把车子卖掉了。We found a hotel without difficulty.我们不费吹灰之力便找到了一家旅馆。With difficulty, I managed to persuade Alice to lend us the money.我好不容易才说服艾丽斯借钱给我们。·I could see someone in difficulty in the water so I went to help them.我见到有人掉在水里上不来,所以我就去救援。 [pl]If you borrow too much money you may get into financial difficulties.借钱太多很可能会令你陷入经济困境。
2 [U] how hard sth is to do or to deal with 难度:
The questions start easy and then increase in difficulty.开头的问题比较容易,后面的问题就越来越难。