hard-pressed
- adj.很难(做某事);处于强大压力的(尤指工作重、时间紧迫、资金少)
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ADJ-GRADED 处于困境的;经济窘迫的;承受高压的
If someone is hard-pressed, they are under a great deal of strain and worry, usually because they have not got enough money.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。
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ADJ-GRADED 很难做到的;(做…)有困难的
If you will be hard-pressed to do something, you will have great difficulty doing it.This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
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- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
- distressed companies need loans and technical advice
- financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
- we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
- found themselves in a bad way financially
- Synonym: distressed hard put in a bad way(p)
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This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit .
今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
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You would be hard-pressed to find a better secretary .
找一位更好的秘书很难。
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Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments .
处于困境的社会服务部门被迫砍掉社区项目。
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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。
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would be hard-pressed to produce maybe 500 points in a whole day .
要在一整天内绘制500个点都力不能及。
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Conventional interpretation and processing methods for reflection data are hard-pressed in this situation .
在这种情况下,处理反射波资料的常规计算与解释方法,已经难以实施。
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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。
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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。
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You 'd be hard-pressed to find a consensus among industry experts on the matter .
行业专家们针对这个问题还没有形成共识。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The past hard-pressed to the town to often .
过去逼得常常到那个小镇去。
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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。
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She was hard-pressed to make ends meet .
她很难使得收支平衡。
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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?
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I saw a different person there , another human being who was as hard-pressed for time as I always am .
我看到了一个截然不同的人,另一个和我一样为时间饱受压力的人。
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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。
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You 'd be hard-pressed to meet a nicer person .
你很难碰到一个更好的人。
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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。
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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。
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With a longer life expectancy , workers won 't feel so hard-pressed to find the perfect career the first time around .
长寿的工作者不必为第一份工作就入错行而无其他选择余地而过分担忧。
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Hard-pressed workers are feeling grouchy : workforce surveys report record levels of job dissatisfaction .
重重压力令产业工人们牢骚不断:劳动力调查显示出对工作表示不满的人数创了纪录。
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For hard-pressed airlines running on razor-thin margins , that really would be astronomical .
对于处于重压之下且薄利的航空公司来讲,这无疑是个天文数字。
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We 'd be hard-pressed to find him .
更为能坚持自己主张的人。
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But many Bethune parents are without transportation , so they 'll be hard-pressed to do the same .
但贝舒小学的许多家长没有车,现在不得不去买一辆。
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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。
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" Keeping your clothes well-pressed will keep you from looking hard-pressed . "
“衣服穿得精神,你才显得从容。”
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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。