difficulty表示抽象意义的“困难”,是不可数名词。difficulty表示具体意义的。“困难”(如难事、难点、难题等),是可数名词。
difficulty可数与不可数的区别
1、用作不可数名词,意为困难、艰难,常用在以下句型中
have no/find(some, any, much) difficulty with sth./(in) doing sth.
There is no (some, any, much) difficulty (in) doing sth.
2、用作可数名词,表示具体的`困难,意为难事,难点,困境,难处。
This book is full of difficulties.
In face of so many difficulties, we never appeared to be afraid.
difficulty的用法
1、表示“做某事有困难”,其后不接 to do sth,而接 (in) doing sth,其中的 in 含有 while之意,在口语中通常可以省略;由于这样用的 difficulty 意思比较抽象,因此不可数,不用复数形式,也不连用不定冠词。如:
I had difficulty understanding the poems. 这些诗我感到很难理解。
I found great difficulty (in) doing the work. 做这工作我觉得很吃力。
There is much difficulty in finding his office. 没费什么劲就找到了他的办公室。
若是后接名词,则通常用介词with。如:
I’m having difficulty with my travel arrangements. 我安排旅行遇到了困难。
Some people had difficulty with the lecture, but most understood. 有些人听讲有困难,但大部分人听懂了。
另外,有时也可后接 about (doing) sth,其中的 about 隐含有“关于”之意。如:
There oughtn’t to have been any difficulty about it 此事本不应有什么困难。
There shouldn’t be any difficulty about getting you a visa. 给你弄个签证不会有什么困难吧。
2、 表示“做某事的困难”,其后可接 of doing sth。如:
He tried to explain to me the difficulty of learning to cook from books.
他向我解释照着书本学习烹饪的困难。
3、difficulty后接 about doing sth时,表示关于做某事的困难,其中的介词about意为“关于”。如:
There shouldn’t be any difficulty about getting you a visa. 给你弄个签证不会有什么困难吧。
注:about后也可直接跟名词作宾语,此时的'about仍表示“关于”的意思。如:
There oughtn’t to have been any difficulty about it 此事本不应有什么困难。
此时还可用介词over表示类似意思。
difficulty短语
with difficulty困难地;吃力地
have difficulty有困难
in difficulty处境困难
degree of difficulty难度系数,难度
have difficulty in对…有困难;在某方面有困难