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

• 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。