hard-pressed

劍橋詞典

having a lot of difficulties doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money
面臨困難的，遭受強(qiáng)大壓力的（尤指缺少時(shí)間或錢(qián)）
The latest education reforms have put extra pressure on teachers who are already hard-pressed. 最新的教育改革給工作強(qiáng)度已經(jīng)很大的教師增加了額外的壓力。
Because of shortages , the emergency services were hard-pressed to deal with the accident . 由于缺乏人手和設(shè)備，緊急救援服務(wù)部門(mén)處理這起事故時(shí)顯得捉襟見(jiàn)肘。
Most people would be hard-pressed (= would find it difficult ) to name more than half a dozen members of the government . 大多數(shù)人連6個(gè)內(nèi)閣成員的名字都說(shuō)不上來(lái)。 返回 hard-pressed