(1) 用作不可数名词，意思是“困难，艰难，麻烦”。常用句式：have difficulty (in) doing sth.做某事有困难，difficulty可用trouble来替换。例如：[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 0~)B!!tsN [gfSFroG]

    Most of the time people from America and Britain do not have any difficulty in understanding each other. 绝大多数情况下来自英美两国的人互相理解没有什么困难。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ Bv$tJk9v{|voB!73sJFroG]

    (2) 用作可数名词，意思是“难处，困境，麻烦事，难事”。常用句式：have difficulty / difficulties with sth.，此句式中difficulty既可用作可数名词，也可用作不可数名词。例如：[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/  t^1;nY#ZT
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    The boy has difficulty (many difficulties) with English pronunciation. 那男孩英语发音有困难。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ YI8Z`\i TJ=^'{FroG]

    Their company got into difficulties. 他们的公司陷入了困境。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ D;9?!=c[%MzXMG)FFroG]

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    with (much) difficulty吃力，费劲；without much (any) difficulty不费多大（任何）劲。例如：[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ R-`/vpr:EE?\|qFroG]

    Tom is poor in math and he studies it with difficulty. 汤姆数学差，学得很吃力。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ m`i],7CPq/)RidO1yRHFroG]

    He worked out the maths problem without any difficulty. 他没费任何劲就算出了那道数学题。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ T nn6|l =vl^g+\&g[FroG]