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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Without that link conservationists have been hard-pressed to make an economic argument for restoration projects large and small.
  由于这个原因，自然保护主义者不得不忙于为大大小小的生态系统恢复项目做经济论证。
• The fall in oil prices is a great bounty to hard-pressed consumers.
  对手头紧张的消费者来说，油价下跌是一个巨大的福音。
• Move too quickly and his reflationary experiment might fizzle out as hard-pressed consumers snap shut their wallets.
  如果动作太快，随着财务紧张的消费者捂紧钱包，安倍的通货再膨胀实验可能会不了了之。
• She was hard-pressed to make ends meet.
  她很难使得收支平衡。
• 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。
• 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？