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hard put

英 [hɑːd pʊt]

美 [hɑːrd pʊt]

陷入困境

英英释义

adj

  • facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
    1. distressed companies need loans and technical advice
    2. financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
    3. we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
    4. found themselves in a bad way financially
    Synonym:distressedhard-pressedin a bad way(p)

双语例句

  • He was hard put to it to decide whether to stay in England or go abroad.
    他难以决定究竟是留在英国还是到国外去。
  • When people asked me to why I would go to study abroad, I was hard put ( to it) to answer the question.
    当有人问我为什么要去国外读书,我不知道该怎样回答这个问题。
  • She would be hard put to it to list other films which she liked more.
    她很难举出其他一些能使她感到更为满意的电影。
  • They'll be hard put to get here before dawn.
    他们要在天亮之前到达这里有困难。
  • At times Kennedy was hard put to keep the conversation going.
    肯尼迪有时感到很难使话继续下去。
  • But he said Israel would be hard put to compensate the Palestinians.
    不过,他表示,以色列对如何补偿巴勒斯坦一事感到为难。
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.
    我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • David has landed on his feet again. He was hard put to it by that problem.
    戴维又侥幸脱离了困境。他因那问题而陷于困境。
  • You would be hard put to it to find a pleasanter place than this.
    你难以发现比这里更惬意的地方。
  • I'd be hard put to say exactly why I disliked him.
    我很难启齿说明我到底为什么不喜欢他。