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

• Hard-pressed European rivals, spoiling for a fight, may yet find a use for vendor financing again.
  压力之下的欧洲对手跃跃欲试，它们可能会为卖方融资再次找到用武之地。
• Ping'an, population 800, may soon be hard-pressed to maintain its rustic charm.
  有着800人口的平安可能将很难保持其质朴的魅力。
• 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。
• This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
  今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
• A year ago most non-specialists would probably have been hard-pressed to explain what a sovereign wealth fund was.
  一年前，多数非专业人士可能很难解释清楚究竟什么是主权财富基金。
• I saw a different person there, another human being who was as hard-pressed for time as I always am.
  我看到了一个截然不同的人，另一个和我一样为时间饱受压力的人。
• In such circumstances, the recent fall in the price of oil ( and food) should be a boon for hard-pressed consumers.
  在这种环境下，近期油价（和粮价）的下跌对那些被价格上涨紧追的消费者来说应该是个恩惠。
• There may be political pressure to redirect money to hard-pressed rural constituencies.
  或许存在将资金重新导向压力重重的农村选区的政治压力。
• 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。