/ˈdɪfɪkəlti ||; ˈdɪfəkəltɪ/noun (
plural difficulties)
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。