n. 困难,麻烦,难事;难度;异议,争论,纠葛;财政困难,(经济)拮据;
💡 difficult困难的+y表名词 →困难
"They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty."
他们面对困难表现了坚强的毅力。
近义:headache, hindrance, hitch, holdback, holdup, hurdle
反义:ease, easiness
n. 发现物;研究结果;调查(或研究)的结果;<律>(陪审团的)裁决;
v. 发现( find的现在分词);
💡 find发现+ ing构成抽象名词 → 发现;调查的结果
"There was the usual faff of finding somewhere to park the car."
找地方停车照例又是一番忙乱。
近义:invention, strike, disclosure, discovery, find, inference
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;
n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital