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

• This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
  今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
• They will be hard-pressed to use such arguments this time round but Washington and Whitehall are still pro-market and the investment banks, whether independent or part of larger financial conglomerates, may yet receive more lenient treatment than seems likely today.
  这一次，它们很难再提出此类论点，但英美两国政府仍然“亲市场”，而投资银行无论是作为独立实体还是大型金融集团的一部分受到的待遇也许会比今天所看上去的更加仁慈。
• You'd be hard-pressed to meet a nicer person.
  你很难碰到一个更好的人。
• 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？
• Other firms had already been hard-pressed to meet Apple's price, battery life and hardware features, let alone its swish operating system, copious media catalogues and the internet's biggest app store.
  苹果产品的价格、电池续航时间还有硬件，更不用说其华丽的操作系统、丰富的多媒体资料和最大的网上应用商店，这些都给了其他公司很大的压力。
• 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。
• 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。
• For hard-pressed Japanese component makers manufacturing in Japan it has been one long competitive struggle.
  对于正身处困境的日本零部件制造业来说，这将是一场艰苦卓绝的长期斗争。
• 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。
• She was hard-pressed to make ends meet.
  她很难使得收支平衡。