1.an effort that is inconvenient;
I went to a lot of trouble
2.a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result;
serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
3.a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome;
grappling with financial difficulties
4.the quality of being difficult;
they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
基本含义简明英汉词典 difficulty [5difikElti] n. 困难, 难点美国传统词典(双解) difficulty dif.fi.cul.ty AHD:[d¹f“¹-k¾l”t¶, -k…l-] D.J.['difikəlti] K.K.['dɪfə,kʌltɪ] n.(名词) 【复数】 dif.fi.cul.ties The condition or quality of being difficult: 困难:困难的环境或程序: the difficulty of a task. 艰巨的任务 Some