四级Already, by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years.

通过密切关注并与周围的世界和人们互动，在没有任何学校式的正式教育的情况下，他已经完成了一项比学校要求他做的任何事情，或比他多年来的任何老师都要困难、复杂和抽象得多的任务。

2010年6月听力原文

高考It was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasn't a winner - ever.

凯西很难接受她永远都不是赢家的事实。

2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

六级We are very proud of our accomplishments under the Greenlist system and we believe that we will prevail in these cases, Christopher Beard, director of public affairs for SC Johnson, said, while acknowledging that this has been an area that is difficult to navigate.

SC Johnson公共事务总监克里斯托弗·比尔德（Christopher Beard）表示：我们为在绿名单制度下取得的成就感到非常自豪，我们相信我们会在这些情况下获胜，同时承认这是一个难以驾驭的领域。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级But others opted to lie, and they showed increased activity in their frontal parietal (颅腔壁的) control network, which is involved in difficult or complex thinking.

但其他人选择说谎，他们的额叶顶叶活动增加(颅腔壁的) 控制网络，涉及到困难或复杂的思维。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, asking legislators for more state support, or asking students even higher tuition payments.

扩大三年制的选择可能很困难，但可能没有要求国会提供额外的财政援助、要求立法者提供更多的州支持或要求学生支付更高的学费那么困难。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps to ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers.

谷歌和苹果已经使得调整这些设置变得非常困难，因此我们需要采取措施确保我们设置这些触发器以满足我们自己的需要，而不是应用程序制造商的需要。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I monitored 373 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading -102- more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades.

我们在一项研究中验证了这些期望。在这项研究中，我和另外两位心理学家对373名学生进行了为期两年的监控，在他们进入初中的过程中，学习变得更加困难，102级的成绩也变得更加严格，以确定他们的思维定势可能会如何影响他们的数学成绩。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I monitored 373 students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficult and the grading more strict, to determine how their mind-

我们在一项研究中验证了这些期望。在这项研究中，我和另外两位心理学家对373名学生进行了为期两年的监控，在他们进入初中的过程中，学习变得更加困难，评分也更加严格，以确定他们的思维方式-

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级That means making some difficult decisions with elderly patients, and going against the misguided belief that when it comes to health care, more is always better

这意味着要对老年患者做出一些困难的决定，并且要反对一种错误的信念，即在医疗保健方面，越多越好

2012年12月阅读原文

高考Many bad habits can be especially difficult to cure because they are likely to have been formed at a very young age.

许多坏习惯很难治愈，因为它们很可能是在很小的时候形成的。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 句子填空 原文

考研It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.

对于四十岁以下的普通读者来说，很难想象在大多数大城市的报纸上都能找到高质量的艺术评论。

2010年考研阅读原文

六级Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data; and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.

从历史上看，科学家反对分享的原因很多：这是一项大量的工作；直到最近，还没有好的数据库；赠款资助者没有推动分享；很难就格式化数据的标准达成一致；而且，目前还没有为数据分配信用的约定方式。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: It is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; It has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data; and there i

从历史上看，科学家反对分享的原因很多：这是一项大量的工作；直到最近，还没有好的数据库；赠款资助者没有推动分享；很难就格式化数据的标准达成一致；我在那里

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研But most find it difficult to agree on what a “general education” should look like.

但大多数人发现很难就“普通教育”应该是什么样子达成一致。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研But most find it difficult to agree on what a "general education" should look like.

但大多数人发现很难就“普通教育”应该是什么样子达成一致。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.

桑切斯说，虽然耕种对身体和我来说都很困难，但他和他的许多年轻农民伙伴都是出于建立新的农业标准的愿望。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass.

对于读者对故事的所有感情而言，文学是一场数字游戏，时间的考验是极难通过的。

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

考研Although mental health is the cure-all for living our lives,it is perfectly ordinary as you will see that it has been there to direct you through all your difficult decisions.

尽管心理健康是我们生活的万应良药，但它是非常普通的，因为你会看到它一直在那里指导你完成所有艰难的决定。

2016年考研翻译原文

考研But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

但与海湾和亚洲的专制主义者不同，大多数王室之所以能够幸存下来，是因为他们允许选民避免艰难地寻找一位没有争议但受人尊敬的公众人物。

2015年考研阅读原文

四级It was sometimes so crowded that it was difficult to walk along the streets, especially through busy markets.

有时拥挤不堪，很难在街上行走，尤其是在繁忙的市场上。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级Why would anyone make their work more difficult than it already is?

为什么有人会让他们的工作变得比现在更困难？

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Biofilm communities can harbor bacteria longer and are very difficult to clean, Bacteria in these communities also have an enhanced resistance to sanitizers (清洁剂) and antibiotics compared to bacteria living on their own.

生物膜群落中细菌的藏身时间更长，很难清洗，这些群落中的细菌对消毒剂的抗性也增强(清洁剂) 和抗生素相比，细菌是独立生存的。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级We've surveyed business communication consultants and etiquette experts to come up with the following guidelines for effectively using the alternative ways of delivering difficult messages.

我们调查了商务沟通顾问和礼仪专家，为有效地使用传递困难信息的替代方法提出了以下指导原则。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

高考And I always started the day's work with the difficult task of essay-writing.

我每天的工作都是从写论文这项艰巨的任务开始的。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first.

解决方案显而易见，但可能并不容易应用：总是先处理最困难的工作。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Traffic has always been difficult these days.

这些天交通一直很困难。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

四级Viewing the past in high definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret.

以高清晰的视角看待过去会让人很难摆脱痛苦和遗憾。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals.

周围有很多雪，地面结冰，这会给动物的生活带来困难。

2017年6月听力原文

考研And, unless banks carry toxic assets at prices that attract buyers, reviving the banking system will be difficult.

此外，除非银行以吸引买家的价格持有有毒资产，否则银行系统的复苏将十分困难。

2010年考研阅读原文

六级simultaneous interpreting, putting someone's words into another language more or less as they speak, sounds to me like the more difficult.

同声传译，在人们说话时或多或少地把他们的话译成另一种语言，在我看来似乎更难。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级We believe that at least part of the problem lies in places other than the interaction between scientists and members of the media, and exists because for one thing we underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a dive

我们认为，至少部分问题存在于科学家和媒体成员之间的互动之外的地方，这是因为一方面我们低估了科学家通过潜水进行有效沟通的难度

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考Some researchers argue that we can seal the machines inside a kind of firewall, using them to answer difficult questions.

一些研究人员认为，我们可以将这些机器密封在一种防火墙内，用它们来回答困难的问题。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

考研And to anticipate every imaginable driving situation is a difficult programming problem.

而预测每一种可想象的驾驶情况是一个困难的编程问题。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级Unless you were prepared to pay, they were increasingly difficult to obtain for any but the most severely disabled.

除非你准备付钱，否则，除了最严重的残疾人之外，任何人都越来越难以获得。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Already, by paying close attention to and interacting with the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years

通过密切关注并与周围的世界和人们互动，在没有任何学校式的正式教育的情况下，他已经完成了一项比学校要求他做的任何事情，或比他多年来的任何老师都要困难、复杂和抽象得多的任务

2010年6月听力原文

高考She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.

她学会了欣赏难读的书的某些部分。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

六级The internet makes information billionaires out of all of us, and the architects of our online experiences are catching on to the need to make things creatively difficult

互联网让我们成为信息亿万富翁，而我们在线体验的设计师们也意识到了让事情变得创造性困难的必要性

2013年12月阅读原文

四级In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundings improve all kinds of things.

在更广泛、更困难的生活领域，有证据表明自然环境改善了各种事物。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级When I faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in.

当我面对困难的工作时，比如思考一篇文章的想法，或者第一百次编辑同一份草稿，一个更险恶的屏幕会吸引我。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级No matter how the math works out, you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a better value, which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.

不管数学计算结果如何，你都会坚持认为拥有自愿付小费制度的餐馆更有价值，这使得餐馆和酒吧很难废除小费制度。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级It is difficult to crack SimpliSafe as its system keeps changing.

由于系统不断变化，很难破解SimpliSafe。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级In the past, health experts warned us that the day would come in which it would become very difficult to provide medical care for even common problems such as lung infection or severe sour throat.

过去，健康专家警告我们，即使是肺部感染或严重咽喉酸痛等常见问题，也很难提供医疗服务的那一天将会到来。

2017年6月听力原文

四级Large companies have a difficult time switching into new markets because there is a temptation to put existing assets into the new businesses.

大公司很难进入新市场，因为存在将现有资产投入新业务的诱惑。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级It is really difficult to tell if assisted living is better than a nursing home.

很难说辅助生活是否比养老院好。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级is something few can accomplishneeds some practice firstrequires a lot of patienceis a challenge at the beginningThey find it even more difficult.

这是一项很少有人能完成的任务。首先需要一些练习，需要很多耐心。这是一项挑战。他们发现这更困难。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wideranging challenges.

11月和12月开张超过一年的门店的销售额为2%，这是一个令人失望的假期业绩，结束了一个百货连锁店面临广泛挑战的艰难一年。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Mr.Wilhelm said the excess of labels made it difficult for businesses and consumers to know which labels they should pay attention to.

Wilhelm先生说，标签过多使得企业和消费者很难知道他们应该注意哪些标签。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级However, the British don't have a history of exporting their foodstuffs, which makes it difficult for restaurants in Hong Kong to source authentic ingredients.

然而，英国人没有出口食品的历史，这使得香港的餐馆很难提供真正的原料。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级In the author's experiment, students with a growth mind-set showed greater perseverance in solving difficult math problems.

在作者的实验中，具有成长思维定势的学生在解决数学难题时表现出更大的毅力。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考They reached the top successfully, but on their way back conditions were very difficult.

他们成功地登上了顶峰，但在返回的路上情况非常困难。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

六级We might use the word "negative" to describe more difficult emotions but it doesn't mean those emotions are bad or we shouldn't have them.

我们可以用“消极”这个词来描述更困难的情绪，但这并不意味着这些情绪是坏的或者我们不应该有它们。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Today many people find it difficult to trust their own opinion and seek balance by gaining objectivity from external sources.

今天，许多人发现很难相信自己的观点，也很难通过从外部获取客观的信息来寻求平衡。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something, it's difficult for other people to break into it, said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach of last year's winning U.S.Math Olympiad team.

去年获胜的美国数学奥林匹克队的主教练保申洛（Po Shen Loh）说，挑战在于，如果某些类型的人在做某事，其他人很难进入其中。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been poorly studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20, 000-25, 000 polar bears worldwide.

很难计算出北极熊的全球数量，因为大部分范围的研究都很差；然而，生物学家计算全世界大约有20000-25000只北极熊。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

高考In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult.

在前一种情况下，我们总是推迟一项任务，因为它要么太无聊，要么太难。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Prevention is key, scientists says because once ecosystems pass their tipping point, it is remarkably difficult for them to return.

科学家说，预防是关键，因为一旦生态系统超过临界点，它们就很难恢复。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain, a good laugh is unlikely to have measurable benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.

但是因为苦笑很难持久，一个好的笑不太可能像走路或慢跑那样有明显的好处。

2011年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Some immigrant advocates worry that as hard financial times make it more difficult for natives to keep jobs, such measures will become more a vehicle for intolerance than integration.

一些移民倡导者担心，由于金融危机使当地人更难保住工作，这些措施将更多地成为不容忍而非融合的工具。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级But as the work became more difficult, the students with a growth mind-set showed greater persistence.

但随着作业变得越来越困难，具有成长心态的学生表现出更大的毅力。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Returning to a normal life can be difficult, but some small routines mail delivery being one of them may help residents remember that their communities are still their communities.

恢复正常生活可能会很困难，但一些小的常规邮件递送可能会帮助居民记住他们的社区仍然是他们的社区。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级That means making some difficult decisions with elderly patients, and going against the misguided belief that when it comes to health care, more is always better.

这意味着要对老年患者做出一些困难的决定，并且要反对一种错误的信念，即在医疗保健方面，越多越好。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe is moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules.

编程价值观最困难的一步将是决定我们认为什么是道德的，以及如何创建一套道德规则。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级How do you decide on the best choice for the difficult message you've got to deliver?

对于您必须传达的困难信息，您如何决定最佳选择？

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研This one may be a bit more difficult to pull off, but it can go a long way to achieving results.

这一点可能更难实现，但它可以大大有助于取得成果。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级This generated little commerce for downtown businesses in the evenings, which made business and generating tax revenue for municipal upkeep difficult.

这使得市中心的商业在晚上几乎没有什么商业活动，这使得商业活动和为市政维护创造税收变得困难。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn't difficult.

购买、储存和烹饪鱼类并不困难。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级The man is capable of dealing with difficult people

这个人能与难相处的人打交道

2013年6月听力原文

四级Gender norms and social expectations about caregiving may make it more difficult for men to provide care to sick spouses.

性别规范和社会对护理的期望可能使男性更难为患病配偶提供护理。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级I'm certain of it, absolutely, especially if it's difficult for a competitor to copy.

我绝对肯定这一点，尤其是当竞争对手很难复制时。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研The decisions made it more difficult for states to collect sales tax on certain online purchases.

这些决定使得各州更难对某些网上购物征收销售税。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级Collaboration certainly makes your individual competencies and contributions more difficult for outsiders to identify.

合作当然会使你的个人能力和贡献更难被外界识别。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide—ranging challenges.

梅西百货（Macy's）报告说，其11月和12月开张一年多的门店销售额下降了5.2%，这是一个令人失望的假期业绩，结束了一个面临广泛挑战的百货连锁店艰难的一年。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级It will not be difficult to make learning a source of joy if educators change their way of thinking.

如果教育者改变他们的思维方式，让学习成为快乐的源泉并不困难。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研More difficult, in the moment, is discerning precisely how these lean times are affecting society's character.

目前，更困难的是准确地辨别这些困难时期是如何影响社会的性格的。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The more difficult a child's life circumstances, the more important it is for that child to find joy in his or her classroom.

孩子的生活环境越困难，孩子在课堂上找到快乐就越重要。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级According to an urban design professor, it is difficult for city designers to foresee what happen in the future.

根据一位城市设计教授的说法，城市设计师很难预测未来会发生什么。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级We just wrapped up a project with a difficult client last week.

上周我们刚和一个难缠的客户完成了一个项目。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级It used to be difficult to get Spanish produce here, but it’s now a lot more common.

过去在这里很难买到西班牙产品，但现在更普遍了。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

四级That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.

好奇心的缺乏导致了知识的相对缺乏，而知识的缺乏即使不是不可能，也很难在以后弥补。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研Of even greater concern is the fact that obesity turns out to be very difficult to define.

更令人担忧的是，事实证明肥胖很难定义。

2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult.

该地区的持续战斗使调查变得困难。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考It would be difficult for developed countries to maintain the of population.

发达国家很难维持人口数量。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

四级Curiosity, he argues, is the third key factor—and a difficult one to preserve.

他认为，好奇心是第三个关键因素，也是一个难以保存的因素。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级Tips make it more difficult to please customers.

提示使取悦顾客变得更加困难。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考You won't find paper cutting difficult as long as you keep practicing it.

只要你坚持练习，你就不会觉得剪纸很难。

2015年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

六级In some cases, says data scientist Karthik Ram, it may be difficult for junior researchers to embrace openness when senior colleagues—many of whom head selection and promotion committees—might ridicule what they may view as misplaced energies.

数据科学家Karthik Ram说，在某些情况下，初级研究人员可能很难接受开放性，因为高级同事（其中许多人是负责人选拔和晋升委员会的成员）可能会嘲笑他们可能认为的精力错位。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Many large institutions keep this kind of data secret—or at least make it incredibly difficult to find.

许多大型机构对此类数据保密，或者至少使其难以找到。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级We will find it difficult to meet our deadlines

我们会发现很难在最后期限前完成任务

2012年12月阅读原文

高考Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with.

事实证明，铅中毒更难对付。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.

这个人能与难相处的人打交道。

2013年6月听力原文

六级Outsiders may then find it difficult to determine your contributions and strengths.

局外人可能会发现很难确定你的贡献和优势。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级It is a disease very difficult to diagnose.

这是一种很难诊断的疾病。

2013年12月听力原文

高考Berlin has been the easiest while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen.

柏林是最容易的，而最困难的是捷克的皮尔森镇。

2019年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

高考Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.

运动使你精力充沛，所以当你非常兴奋的时候，放松和平静的睡眠会更加困难。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip.

然而，对于许多来到道森的人来说，这次艰难的旅程是值得的。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考In wind and rain she started on her difficult way.

风雨交加，她开始了艰难的道路。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考It is difficult to sell services to poor people.

向穷人出售服务是困难的。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考It made school difficult for me.

这使我上学很困难。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考It was a lot more difficult than we had expected, but we persevered and made it.

这比我们预想的要困难得多，但我们坚持了下来，成功了。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

高考Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle.

性能疲劳更难处理。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文