hard-pressed
常考释义
1.处于强大压力下的(尤指工作重、时间紧、资金少)having a lot of problems, especially too much work, and too little time or money
2.~ to do sth很难(做某事)finding sth very difficult to do
You would be hard-pressed to find a better secretary.找一位更好的秘书很难。
Hard pressed by his father, John told the truth in spite of his wife's warnings.
约翰被他老子追急了,也就不顾不得老婆的叮嘱,说出了真情实事。
Orange offers a life to be lived to the full, too often not the safe and reliable pair of hands the hard pressed coach yearns for.
黄色给生命带来活力,但常常不是重压下教练们所希望得到的那双安全可靠的手。
Even the most cohesive and determined government would be hard-pressed to get out of this kind of fiscal mess.
就算是最具凝聚力、最坚定的政府也很难走出如此困境。
Although her husband has promised again and again to be faithful to her, Mary is still hard pressed to let her defenses down.
尽管她的丈夫再三承诺会对她忠诚,玛丽还是很难放下戒备心理。
The blue ink scratched its way across the paper, as if hard pressed to recall the individual shapes of letters.
蓝墨水在整张纸上艰难涂写,就好像被逼迫着记起每一个字母的形状。
It was a wonderful chat, but we'll be hard pressed to meet again as this was a chance encounter at both of our non-regular hour.
聊的好开心,不过,再见的缘份不大,因为今天都是在我们的意外时间才偶遇。
The business owners would be hard pressed to argue they honestly believed they were entitled to such a huge sum of money, she said.
她说,企业主们将焦头烂额,很难出示证据证表明他们所深信不疑的事情----他们对那笔庞大资金的所有权。
With markets in Europe and the U. S likely to grow slowly over the next few years, China will be hard-pressed to sustain that pace.
在未来几年欧美市场很可能放缓的情况下,中国将难以保持这样的增速。
At the age of six, while I was eating a big apple, something hard pressed against my tongue. I spat it out. It was a tooth.
我六岁那年,有一次在吃一个大苹果时,有个东西压在了我的舌头上,吐出来,原来是颗牙齿。
Though hard pressed from fighting on various fronts, the British sent some Corvettes to help the American situation.
虽然承受各条前线所带来的压力,英国人还是向美国人排出了一些老式军舰来应付局面。
Syndicating sales has several advantages for a hard-pressed debt manager. To start with, it clears up the clutter.
财团销售对于处于困境的债务管理人来说有些有利的因素。
The result has been a Gordian knot of preconditions for resuming talks that even the most ardent expert would be hard-pressed to figure out.
结果就成了恢复会谈前提条件的难题,即使是最热心的专家也难以解决。
Like many hard-pressed city school systems, New York's was not equipped to handle students who did not fit the white.
纽约市的中学和许多财政拮据、师资匮乏的城市中学一样,没有条件来培养非白种人。
For a time you will be hard pressed to keep up with it, which is why we ask you to keep an open mind.
一段时间里你们会很难继续跟上它,这就是为什么我们要求你们保持一个开放的头脑。
100m a year. For hard-pressed airlines running on razor-thin margins, that really would be astronomical.
一亿美元。对于处在囧境的航空公司的微薄的盈利来说,那可是个天文数字了。
For a parent, and finally mother to understand, life is really good difficult, this hard pressed we feel breath.
直到有一天,我们身一.为人父人母,终于调查到,生涯其实真的好难,这种困难的觉得压得我们喘但是气来。
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。
With this sum, she had to cover her remaining living expenses. She was hard-pressed to make ends meet.
这么一点儿钱,她必须兼顾到她剩下的生活开支。她很难使得收支平衡。
Although negotiators are optimistic, the details are complex enough that they may be hard-pressed to get a deal at all.
虽然谈判代表持乐观态度,但协议细节如此复杂,他们所面临的困难很可能使他们无法取得一致。
I have so much to do today and I'm hard pressed to get it all done before noon!
我今天要做的事很多,要在中午前全部做完實在令我倍感壓力!
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