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

• 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。
• 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。
• This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
  今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
• 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。
• You'd be hard-pressed to meet a nicer person.
  你很难碰到一个更好的人。
• They urged reduced utility rates for hard-pressed residential users.
  他们强烈要求对经济困难的居民用户降低电力煤气价格。
• You'd be hard-pressed to find a mean picture in our magazine.
  你会很难在我们的杂志里找到贱照片。
• 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。
• So what should the industry's hard-pressed directors do when they need to find senior staff?
  因此当捉襟见肘的行业主管需要寻找高级员工的时候他们应该做什么呢？
• 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。