hard put
英 [hɑːd pʊt]
美 [hɑːrd pʊt]
陷入困境
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
- 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。 - Mr Morton is undoubtedly cleverer than Mr Kirkby, but he will be hard put to match his popularity.
莫顿先生无疑比柯克比先生更聪明,但他将很难像柯克比先生那样受人欢迎。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was hard put to it by that problem.
他因那问题而陷于困境。 - 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。 - Until very recently, scientists were hard put to detect altruistic behavior in chimps, at least in laboratory studies of captive animals.
以前,科学家们很难发现黑猩猩的利他行为,至少在对囚禁动物的实验研究中是不易发现的。 - You'd be hard put to it to justify your behaviour.
你难以证明你的行为是正当的。 - 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。 - He was hard put to find a good excuse for his lateness in coming to school.
他很难找到一个上学迟到的借口。