形容詞：困難的、難以接近的、難對付的
常見搭配詞：
- somebody difficult of access
難以接近的人 - be difficult of proof / solution / belief / undertaking
難以證明 / 解決 / 相信 / 接受 - be difficult to somebody
對某人很難 - be in a difficult position
處境尷尬 - It is difficult for somebody to do something.
對某人來說，做…很難 - difficult to understand / obtain / find
難以理解 / 取得 / 發現 - make life / things difficult for somebody
讓某人過得艱難 - difficult question / situation / problem / decision / task
困難的提問 / 情況 / 問題 / 決定 / 工作 - difficult customers
奧客 - rather / quite difficult
相當困難 - immensely / desperately / extremely difficult
極度困難
例句：
- My mother is a very difficult woman.
我媽媽是個很難親近的人 - Her boss is difficult to work with.
她的老闆很難共事 - The dripping sound made it difficult for me to fall asleep.
一滴滴水聲讓我無法入睡 - That’s quite difficult for me to explain.
我不知如何解釋 - It is immensely difficult for young people to buy a house nowadays.
現在，年輕人想買房子是非常困難的 - As one gets older, they will find it more and more difficult to get a job.
隨著一個人年紀越大，他們會發現找工作越來越難 - Please stop making things difficult for me.
請不要做任何事，讓我的生活更艱難了 - She found French difficult at first.
同義詞：
- hard 困難的 adj. 常用於口說英文
- tough 困難的、棘手的 adj. 因需要花費很多精力而覺得難
- awkward 棘手的、難處理的 adj. (尤其指易引起難堪的情況)
- tricky 難處理的、難對付的 adj. (因為複雜而難以處理)
- challenging 有難度的、具有挑戰性的 adj. (雖然困難，但令人很感興趣)
- demanding 費時費力的、耗費精力的 adj. (困難、費力且讓人覺得很累)
- daunting 使人氣餒的 adj. (困難到覺得自己做不到)
- delicate 需小心處理的 adj. (強調困難在ㄧ不小心就容易得罪人)
衍生字：
- difficulty 困難、艱辛 n.
