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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The merger cases show even hard-pressed firms can find pockets of pricing power.
  这些公司的兼并案例告诉我们即使巨大的压力下，它们仍然能够找到很多定价方法。
• You would be hard-pressed to find a better secretary.
  找一位更好的秘书很难。
• On the last occasion he was hard-pressed to ensure that a supportive government emerged.
  在上一次选举中，他对操纵政府已经感到力不从心。
• You'd be hard-pressed to meet a nicer person.
  你很难碰到一个更好的人。
• 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。
• 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。