Dictionary entry
Difficulty
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti/
Pronunciation
/ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) အခက်အခဲ
Definition
difficulty /'dÇfÇkǝlti/ n ၁။ [U] ~ ( in sth/in doing sth ) အခက္အခဲ။ ဒုကၡ။ the sheer difficulty of the task ❍ Bad planning will lead to difficulty later. ❍ do sth with/without difficulty ❍ She got the door open, but only with some difficulty. ❍ be working under some difficulty (ie in difficult circumstances) ❍ I had the greatest difficulty in persuading her. ❍ We had no difficulty (in) finding the house. ၂။ [C usu pl ] အခက္အခဲ။ အက်ပ္ အတည္း။ the difficulties of English syntax ❍ children with learning difficulties ❍ financial difficulties (ie problems about money) ❍ We got into difficulty/difficulties with the rent (ie found it hard to pay).
Examples
- [have difficulty with something] : She’s having difficulty with her schoolwork this year.
- [have difficulty (in) doing something] : Six months after the accident
- he still has difficulty walking.
- [great/considerable difficulty] : We had considerable difficulty finding anywhere to park.
- [do something with/without difficulty] : Seb was speaking with great difficulty.
- Learning/reading/breathing difficulties
- [difficulty with/in] : If you experience difficulties in completing the form
- ask for help.
- [have/experience/encounter difficulties] : Students who encounter financial difficulties
- [cause/give rise to/lead to a difficulty] : Implementing the policy caused difficulties within the company.
- [the difficulty is] : The real difficulty is that no one in the group has a car.
- [a difficulty arises] : New difficulties arose from this arrangement.
- [in difficulty] : The loss puts our company in financial difficulty.
- [get/run into difficulty] : The climbers got into difficulties when there was a sudden storm.
- The courses vary in content and difficulty.