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
  1. You would be hard-pressed to find a better secretary.
     找一位更好的秘书很难。

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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
     今年该航空公司将很难赢利。

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 putin a bad way(p)

双语例句

• They will be hard-pressed to use such arguments this time round but Washington and Whitehall are still pro-market and the investment banks, whether independent or part of larger financial conglomerates, may yet receive more lenient treatment than seems likely today.
  这一次，它们很难再提出此类论点，但英美两国政府仍然“亲市场”，而投资银行无论是作为独立实体还是大型金融集团的一部分受到的待遇也许会比今天所看上去的更加仁慈。
• Its legendary bloopers are often no worse than the errors made by hard-pressed humans.
  其传奇般的灾难片往往不亚于由捉襟见肘人类作出的错误。
• She was hard-pressed to make ends meet.
  她很难使得收支平衡。
• You'd be hard-pressed to find a consensus among industry experts on the matter.
  行业专家们针对这个问题还没有形成共识。
• They urged reduced utility rates for hard-pressed residential users.
  他们强烈要求对经济困难的居民用户降低电力煤气价格。
• The fall in oil prices is a great bounty to hard-pressed consumers.
  对手头紧张的消费者来说，油价下跌是一个巨大的福音。
• Mascius: we've been hard-pressed since you left.
  自从你走后我们可是四面楚歌。
• 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。
• On the last occasion he was hard-pressed to ensure that a supportive government emerged.
  在上一次选举中，他对操纵政府已经感到力不从心。
• 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。